“Yes but that is how most Americans experienced the Indians during our early days. They were on horseback.”
Huh? Most people were on foot, there were horses, but they weren’t a household item for many years. An oxen was a better choice for the working farm both were very dear. Farms had domesticated stock for eggs, wool, pigs. Fishing and trapping were the norm for game.
Most didn’t have personal firearms either, maybe on the frontier. Trenton was an early battle. Why? The British were enroute to secure the armory there. The colonial militia raced there to arm themselves.
Not true at all. Virtually every head of household in 1700 had a "firelock" of some kind. It was often the case that he was required to bring it to church every Sunday. General Gage confiscated every gun in Boston beginning in 1768. By some contemporary accounts this was in the thousands, and do remember that the total population of the town back then was under 20,000 souls, exclusive of Redcoats. The famous foray to Concord in April of 1775 was to confiscate a large amount of powder, muskets and at least one cannon stored there.