Antique Susquehannock Tomahawk with 3 Sunflower Symbol - Mid to Late 19th C.

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Antique Susquehannock Tomahawk with 3 Sunflower Symbol - Mid to Late 19th C. - This remarkable piece was found up near Lake George NY in the Fort Ticonderoga area - purchased many years ago from a very reputable dealer of period weapons - With amazing 3 Sunflower Decoration - Sunflowers symbolize worship and faithfulness and their resemblance to the sun, which is associated with spiritual knowledge and the desire to seek light and truth.
Susquehannock people, also called the Conestoga by the English,[2] were Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans who lived in areas adjacent to the Susquehanna River and its tributaries ranging from its upper reaches in the southern part of what is now New York (near the lands of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy), through eastern and central Pennsylvania West of the Poconos and the upper Delaware River (and the Delaware nations), with lands extending beyond the mouth of the Susquehanna in Maryland along the west bank of the Potomac[3] at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay. Evidence of their habitation has also been found in northern West Virginia and portions of southwestern Pennsylvania, which could be reached via the gaps of the Allegheny or several counties to the south, via the Cumberland Narrows pass which held the Nemacolin Trail. Both passes abutted their range and could be reached through connecting valleys from the West Branch Susquehanna and their large settlement at Conestoga, Pennsylvania.
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