From: birdbrain@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <42875295@nntp.zianet.com>, birdbrain@dontemailme.com says...   
      
   >I think that "war clubs" were far more common than   
   >were tomahawks, for the reason you mention - the   
   >labor and time involved in making a tomahawk versus   
   >shaping a tree limb or root into a war club.   
      
   Actually, animal bones might have been more commonly   
   used than wood for "pre-shaped" clubs.   
      
   I wasn't thinking about the "trade good" iron or   
   steel axes/hatchets in many forms introduced by the   
   Europeans. Here is a wonderful illustrated web site   
   for anyone with further interest in the subject:   
      
   http://members.tripod.com/tomahawks-r-tatca/id19.htm   
      
   It goes on for more than one web page.   
      
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