Hatchet

noun

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


—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary