The european iron age produced wrought iron, but not cast iron

-still preferred bronze?

-they did not have furnaces capable of burning at high enough temperatures for cast iron? i believe it is this answer
-they did not make weapons, just decorative objects for which wrought iron was sufficient?

Wrought iron is a type of iron that possesses the property of being forged and hammered while it is still at very high temperatures (2000 °F) It has a low percentage of carbon content (0.08%). These qualities made it ideal for the manufacturing of weapons.

Cast Iron has a much greater carbon content (>2%) and a higher melting temperature (>2735 °F). This made it less feasible for the technology of the age to perform.

saint clair’s defeat, (november 4, 1791), one of the worst defeats ever suffered by u.s. forces in indian warfare, precipitated by british-indian confrontation with settlers and militia in the northwest territory following the american revolution. despite specific provisions in the treaty of 1783 for the evacuation of its forts on the northwestern border, britain had failed to yield these lucrative fur-trading posts. in hopes of reclaiming lost hunting grounds with british support, a northwest indian confederation was gradually molded between 1785 and 1787, consisting mainly of shawnee, delaware, ottawa, iroquois, ojibwa, miami, and potawatomi. kentucky frontiersmen reacted to this threat by initiating raiding parties on native villages as early as 1788, and indian warfare flared up the following year.

6 pounds is equivalent to 92 ounces.

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