Through the whole usa War of Independence, all sides confused incompatible seemed for allies the large choice of Native tribes. Usually used as scouts and guides, their gear included main-stream native tools like bows and tomahawks , by the addition of European-made flintlock muskets. The Treaty of Versailles that in 1783 end the war, acknowledging the self-reliance associated with 13 Colonies, cannot protect at all the passions of natives.