Citations:tomahawk

Verb: "claim land"

 * 2008, Don Corbly, Pastor John Corbly, Don Corbly (ISBN 9781435747555), page 147:
 * Tradition has it that Andrew Lynn Jr lived in the trunk of a large, hollow locust tree while he tomahawked his claim of 244 acres of land on both sides of Redstone Creek in 1761. On this land he, General Washington, and Colonel Edward ...
 * 2009, Don Corbly, The Last Colonials, Lulu.com (ISBN 9780557089512), page 57:
 * The settler tomahawked his claim to establish his land title. He later had to insure that his claim was kept current by “beating the bounds” when necessary.
 * 1939, Leland Dewitt Baldwin, The Delectable Country
 * It was only as he lost himself in his books that he was able to leave his cell in spirit and roam the delectable country to which in the past two years he had tomahawked his claim . But even there, as was inevitable , he soon began to ...
 * 1993, H. Austin Cooper, Two Centuries of Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1762-1962: An Account of the Old Colonial Church, the Stony Creek German Baptist Church and the Area of Bruedersthal in which the Brethren Settled in the Summer of 1762, and Organized by Elder George Adam Martin, Presiding Elder
 * The Blough family history tells that Jacob Blough, grandson of Christian Blough came into the area and tomahawked his claim in 1767 , built his house on it in 1769 , which became the meetinghouse of the area and thus became the ...
 * 1996, Leonard Peacefull, A Geography of Ohio, Kent State University Press (ISBN 9780873385251), page 93:
 * Often such claims were based on tomahawk marks made on trees, hence the phrase “ tomahawking a claim . ” Between four such at 졌크 Žit G49 GR phil |基 FE HAT OHIO&#39;S SETTLEMENT LANDSCAPE 93.
 * 1912, Samuel Oldham, Poems and Historical Papers: Written During an Active Business and Political Life, page 142:
 * Tomahawk Claims . In addition to all this, Indian traders , hunters and hardy pioneers had been busy locating Tomahawk claims in the valleys along the western slope of the mountains . These tomahawk claims were made by girdling some trees near a spring or other water supply, in desirable locations, and the trees so marked were a notice of the pre-emption of the land.


 * 1999, Herbert M. Turner, Fairfield County Remembered: The Early Years, Ohio State University Press
 * he settled, an Indian showed him five excellent springs of water and tomahawked trees so that he could find them again . His brother , William Murphy , for a number of years engaged extensively in trade with the Indians.
 * 1851, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 219:
 * By Salisbury Plains and New England it was all pretty well, for there were stations; but beyond that the route was marked only by tomahawked trees, and they were not long in losing it.

Verb: "cut up (a person, pig, etc)"

 * 1859, Arthur S. Thomson, The Story of New Zealand : Past and Present - Savage and Civilized, page 257:
 * Boundless was the rage of Katatore&#39;s tribe at Ihaia&#39;s escape, and in their fury they burned his deserted village , bullock - carts , ploughs , and farming implements , tomahawked his pigs , and carried away his horses.
 * 2005, John Robert Colombo, Terrors of the Night: Canadian Accounts of Eerie Events and Weird Experiences, Dundurn (ISBN 9781459722316), page 19:
 * ... measures were necessary in order to maintain his reputation of “Big Injun,” so he tomahawked his rival on the sly, and the people at once returned to their allegiance, probably fearing lest they themselves should be tomahawked.
 * 1925, John Joseph Wynne, The Jesuit Martyrs of North America: Isaac Joques, John de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Noel Chabanel, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, René Goupil, John Lalande, page 190:
 * The next day they tomahawked his companion, Lalande , and the faithful Huron , beheading them also , and throwing the bodies into the river . The report of the martyrdoms reached Governor Montmagny from the Governor of New Netherlands ...