Women wielding swords/daggers/bows in the past

colin henshaw · 31st December 2008, 11:36 AM

Hi

Apart from the famous Amazons of Dahomey, I have heard of one other instance of women historically carrying edged weapons. In Chris Peers' book "Armies of the 19th century : East Africa", he mentions a report by H.M. Stanley regarding the Buganda King Mtesa having a contingent of female warriors in the mid 1870s. About half were armed with guns and the rest with spears. He also mentions some women fighters carrying mysterious "striped staffs"...

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31st December 2008, 11:36 AM	#6
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hi Apart from the famous Amazons of Dahomey, I have heard of one other instance of women historically carrying edged weapons. In Chris Peers' book "Armies of the 19th century : East Africa", he mentions a report by H.M. Stanley regarding the Buganda King Mtesa having a contingent of female warriors in the mid 1870s. About half were armed with guns and the rest with spears. He also mentions some women fighters carrying mysterious "striped staffs"...