The Devil's Dictionary: Hatchet

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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HATCHET

-n.

A young axe, known among Indians as a Thomashawk.

"O bury the hatchet, irascible Red,
For peace is a blessing," the White Man said
The Savage concurred, and that weapon interred,
With imposing rites, in the White Man's head.

- John Lukkus

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