An Archaic Iowa Tomahawk

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Excerpt from An Archaic Iowa Tomahawk That had appeared to him when he fasted for power as a youth, and that he carved it in the handle of his war-hatchet to ac quire for himself the otter's power of swift attack, as well as the benefit of its mystical connection with the Medicine Dance.2 The otter was placed on the handle, the maker probably told his friends, in such a position that it could see the wound made in the enemy's skull, and could also drink. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.