Bill Skinner
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When De Soto and De Luna were in the Flordia, Georgia, Alabama area in the 16th century, both chronicles mentioned that the NA were using slings. A few other accounts briefly mention slings, they are early 17th century, probably the Carolinas or north Georgia. They were used mostly by children or by youths and adults for hunting waterfowl. I asked a Creek friend if there is a word for sling in Creek, he had to go see the elders. There is, it translates as "throwing string". He said it was pretty much a specialized weapon, for duck hunting, and pretty much died out when the Creeks started getting firearms. Bill
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