tomahawk

     

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Trivia about tomahawk

  • Capt. John Smith wrote about this Indian weapon & compared it to a poleax
  • Algonquin ax (8)
  • It can be an Indian axe or a cruise missile
  • The name of this light axe is from the Algonquian for "cutting utensil"
  • St. Rene Goupil was martyred in 1642 with this hand-axe for making the sign of the cross over a Mohawk child
  • American Indians used this small ax or hatchet to chop wood & to chop down enemies in battle
  • The name of this light axe used as both weapon & tool comes from the proto-Algonquin for "to cut off"
  • Stay clear of this Algonquin weapon as well as the same-named cruise missile used in the Persian Gulf War
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Boy Scouts of America at Camp Winton.) A popular scouting activity is the throwing of this type of hatchet or axe native to North America
  • The U.S.S. Springfield submarine carries these cruise missiles with the name of an Indian weapon
  • Its name goes back to an Algonquin word for "an instrument to cut (it) off"

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