MR. IRA TRUMAN

A Valuable Relic

 (Aug. 25, 1885)

   Mr. Ira Truman, of East Guilford, called at our office Friday and showed us the Indian tomahawk that was plowed up on his farm in May last.  It is more of a curiosity than we supposed, a valuable find and should be shown to an antiquary, that its origin might perhaps be traced.  The tomahawk is brass, engraved and of neat proportions, and with an iron cutting blade welded to it, the whole about 8 inches in length, and the head forms a pipe, a hole leading to the socket and connecting with the handle that was once therein and an-answered for the stem.  It is claimed that the welding of brass and iron cannot be done now days and is a lost art.  It is thought that the tomahawk from the engraving is of Mexican make, and it is possible that it was a present to some noted chief, perhaps Brandt, or some of his followers who roamed in this section.  It is in a good state of preservation, with the exception of the iron part which is rust eaten, and were its history revealed no doubt startling tales could be told of this country in the days long before a white man ever saw it.

NOTE:  DATE WAS HAND WRITTEN ON THE ARTICLE.