2007-10-09 14:25:40 · 5 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The "burying of the hatchet" was a symbolic pledge among some Native American groups to cease hostilities.
2007-10-09 14:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because if they don't agree with me - I kill them ;););););)
Seriously though...
"Bury the hatchet is an American English colloquialism meaning "to make peace." The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically concerning the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy and in Iroquois custom in general. Weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace."
2007-10-09 21:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by kr_toronto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I think it's 'cause back in the day Native American warriors (and maybe the settlers they were fightin') would literally bury a hatchet in the ground to symbolize the end of their fight.
2007-10-09 21:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by chazzychef 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
idk the person above me seemed to type alot, but when i bury a hatchet in a log, i cant pound it out or take it back out, so it could mean that what you say, youve said
2007-10-09 21:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by Zidane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear "midggie",
To bury is to forget for good.
2007-10-09 21:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋