The axe was the tool, and the rifle the weapon, of the early settlers; their business was to kill the wild beasts, to fight the savages, and to clear the soil; and the enthralling topics of conversation were the game and the Indians, and, as the settlements grew, the land itself.

Red and clotted, even the handle marked with bloody spots, the axe was theirs.

THE RED AXE IS LEFT ALONE XVIII.

Where I crossed the Bad Axe was a the battle ground where Gen. Dodge fought the Winnebago Indians.

That occasionally some trifling event may have the most momentous issues is thus exemplified: "The smallest axe may fell the largest oak;" Although, on the other hand, it is said that: "An oak is not felled at one chop.

Because an axe is an uncanny weapon to wield, but still harder to stand against when well used.

The axe was a sufficient guide, and ere they had proceeded far the light began to shine through the trees, proof in itself that they were approaching an opening in the forest.

THE RED AXE IS LEFT ALONE XVIII.

In very truth, a turbulent company this, prone to swift quarrel and deadly brawl; but, at these times, fiercer than any was Walkyn o' the Axe, grimmer than any was Roger the Black, whereas Giles was quick as his tongue and Eric calm and resolute: four mighty men were these, but mightier than all was Beltane.

A battle-axe was a person of importance, a castle had a character and ways of its own.

The axe, he said, was laid to the root of the tree; and the axe was the heathen Roman, even then master of the land.

The axe, he said, was laid to the root of the tree; and the axe was the heathen Roman, even then master of the land.

"Why didn't you get a belt-axe," he shouted; "don't you know a belt-axe is the most important thing of all?

The mightiest man had the largest axe, and the axe thus became the symbol of the mightiest man.

The battle-axe was next Wielded, in furious wrath; each bending forward Struck brain-bewildering blows; each tried in vain To hurl the other from his fiery horse.

" "That shows how much you know about scouting," he yelled; "the belt-axe is the emblem of the woods.