He yanked his tomahawk from the tree where he had hurled it the night before and went off for the day. From Wordnik.com. [Festival of the sugar maples] Reference
The tomahawk is a sign of war and victory for his prophet and. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Persia] Reference
Throwing the tomahawk was another boyish sport, in which many acquired considerable skill. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer] Reference
The tomahawk is a stone, six or eight inches long, pointed at one end, and the other end fixed into a handle of wood. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
The tomahawk was the great object of attraction, after that the knife, but I think the looking-glass surprised them most. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
And that IS what this latest political tactic is . . . "tomahawk" rattling, by Autry. From Wordnik.com. [Noontime Briefs and Outtakes for Thursday] Reference
Snowboard king White wins gold, then lands his very own 'tomahawk'. From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
Raften grinned, took the big "tomahawk" and pointed to a small Balsam. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned] Reference
Throw, White Woman, and where the tomahawk strikes shall Death sit. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Broken Feather's tomahawk was now hanging by its thong from his wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Sir James Graham pithily phrased it, 'cut his way to power with a tomahawk.'. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Brandishing his tomahawk he rushed towards her yelling so as to disconcert her aim. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
The fourth warrior was rushing on the woman with uplifted tomahawk, when he stumbled and fell. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
No fire was kindled at their stakes, no sudden stroke of death maul or tomahawk followed his words. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Many others seized the tomahawk, yet dyed in British blood, and burnt with impatience for the field. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
Butterfly brains of a minute Faraday compaction their echoes of roundness animate tomahawk rooflines. From Wordnik.com. [Silver Spring to Phoenix] Reference
Seizing his tomahawk, he began to break the canoes, and soon had a hole made in all of them except one. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
He had gone forth in battle, hoping to kill some powerful enemy, but no one had fallen under his tomahawk. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
All that yet they still wave hankies, which is right behind the tomahawk chop for annoying fan affectations. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Don't Be Fooled By The Twins] Reference
With a swift motion her arm shot up and forward and the tomahawk left her hand, flying straight as an arrow for the target. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Between the team's name and the "tomahawk chop," you'd think the Atlanta Braves would run out of ways to fan p.c. controversies. From Wordnik.com. [Jane, Meet Rush] Reference
When the young man reached the shore, he again seized his tomahawk, and this time broke the canoe with which he had saved his life. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
Many and many a time, he had the consolation to see those barbarous warriors throw down the bloody tomahawk and embrace Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
The lost Frances might have fallen beneath the tomahawk or might have proved too tender a flower for transplantation into the wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
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