Someplace in time, eons ago, The first real Dakota Souix blacksmith made a metal hatchet. It has been passed from father to eldest son since it's birth. We dont know how old it is actually, but can safely say that goes back to the mid 1800's, or beyond. My Grandfather could remember his father telling him that it had belonged to his dad, my double great grandfather. So it probably goes back even further than 1850.
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