| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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Let by-gones be by-gones. The “Great Spirit” commanded the North American Indians, when they smoked the cal’umet or peace-pipe, to bury their hatchet, scalping-knives, and war-clubs in the ground, that all thought of hostility might be buried out of sight. | 1 |
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“It is much to be regr tted that the American government, having brought the great war to a conclusion, did not bury the hatchet altogether.”—The Times. |
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| “Buried was the bloody hatchet; |
| Buried was the dreadful war-club; |
| Buried were all warlike weapons, |
| And the war-cry was forgotten; |
| Then was peace among the nations.” | |
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Longfellow: Hiawatha, xiii. |
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