Christopher Gist and the Trans-Allegheny Frontier: A Phase of the Westward Movement

Bailey, Kenneth P.

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“…28 On another list from that same year, he included pipe tomahawks twice: once among items intended for outfitting Indians for war and again among "Provisions to be supplied them wherever they are." 29 Thus, unlike Johnson, Atkin juxtaposed pipe tomahawks with items associated with smoking, and therefore leisure and diplomacy, as well as with fighting.…”

Section: Origins Of the Pipe Tomahawkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As already noted, in the southern colonies, Indian Superintendent Atkin ordered pipe tomahawks in smaller quantities than trade hatchets, suggesting that he distributed the former item with greater discrimination than the latter. 80 Likewise, an inventory of Indian goods sent to Fort Pitt in February 1759 listed 96 tomahawks but only 16 pipe tomahawks. 81 In 1761, Johnson included pipe tomahawks on a list of goods necessary for his Indian superintendency, yet they were not included on price schedules for Indian goods at Detroit and Fort Pitt from that same year.…”

Section: Treaty Records Often Refer To the Distribution Of Clay Pipesmentioning

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Queequeg's Tomahawk: A Cultural Biography, 1750-1900

Shannon¹

2005

Ethnohistory

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Since the colonial era, the tomahawk has served as a symbol of Indian savagery in American arts and literature. The pipe tomahawk, however, tells a different story. From its backcountry origins as a trade good to its customization as a diplomatic device, this object facilitated European-Indian exchange, giving tangible form to spoken metaphors for war, peace, and alliance. The production, distribution, and use of the pipe tomahawk also illustrated contrasting Indian and European notions of value and utility in material objects, exposing the limits of such goods in promoting cross-cultural mediation and understanding.

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Section: Origins Of the Pipe Tomahawkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Treaty Records Often Refer To the Distribution Of Clay Pipesmentioning

confidence: 99%