tomahawk settlers

A form of tomahawk settler — An early settler in the American frontier during the mid-to-late 18th century who established informal claims to land through a practice by marking trees by girdling them or blazing their names or initials on the bark.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tomahawk settler
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