. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] AXACAN AXES 121 Axacan. A place in Virginia, some- where w. from Chesapeake bay, at 37° or 37° 30', in which the Spaniards at- tempted to estalilish a Jesuit mission in 1570. Tlirongh the treachery of their Indian guide, brother of the chief of the tribe, the entire party of missionaries, 7 in number, was massacred and the tem- porary mission building destroyed. Two years later Menendez revenged their death by hanging 8 of the principal mur- derers. (.1. M.) Aixacan,—Shipp, De Soto and Fla., 660, 1881. Axacan.—Barcia, Ensayo, 142, 1723. Axauti. A pueblo of New
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] AXACAN AXES 121 Axacan. A place in Virginia, some- where w. from Chesapeake bay, at 37° or 37° 30', in which the Spaniards at- tempted to estalilish a Jesuit mission in 1570. Tlirongh the treachery of their Indian guide, brother of the chief of the tribe, the entire party of missionaries, 7 in number, was massacred and the tem- porary mission building destroyed. Two years later Menendez revenged their death by hanging 8 of the principal mur- derers. (.1. M.) Aixacan,—Shipp, De Soto and Fla., 660, 1881. Axacan.—Barcia, Ensayo, 142, 1723. Axauti. A pueblo of New Mexico in ; doubtless situated in the Salinas, in the vicinity of Abo, and evidently occu- pied bv the Tigua or the Piros.—Oiiate (1598)'in Doc. Ined., xvi, 114, 1871. Azanti.—Columbus Memorial Vol., 155,1893 (mis- print). Axes. The grooved ax takes a promi- nent place among the stone implements used by the northern tribes. The normal form is that of a thick wedge, with rounded angles and an encircling groove near the top for securing the handle; but there is great variation from the average. Usu- ally tiie implement is ma<leof some hard, tough f stone, as trap, granite, syenite, greenstone, or hematite, where such can be procured; but when these are not available softer material is utilized, as sandstone or slate. Copper axes are of rare occurrence. Among the stone specimens there is a very wide range in size, the largest weigh- ing upward of 30 pounds and the smallest scarcely an ounce. As these extreme sizes could serve no eco- nomic purpose, they were probably for ceremonial use; thesmaller may have been amulets or talismans. The majority range from 1 pound to 6 pounds, which mark close to the limits of utility. As a rule the groove is at a right angle to the longer axis, though sometimes it is oblique, and it may extend entirely or only partially around the ax. In the latter case it is always one of the narrow sides that is left without a groove, and this
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