#moraviantown

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"INDIANS BAN MOUNTIES FROM THEIR FALL FAIR," Toronto Star. October 16, 1933. Page 1. --- Detachment of Three Officers to Present Themselves at Moraviantown ---- Special to The Star London, Ont.. Oct. 16. - Word comes from Moraviantown that the Indians are in defiant insurrection against the Royal Canadian Mounted police. This afternoon the Indian fair opened there for a four-day show and nailed to the masthead is a formally adopted resolution in which President Emmerson Snake and his fellow directors declare the place closed to the "Mounties."

Inasmuch as one of the routine duties of the police is to visit and supervise all Indian fairs, including Moraviantown, a detachment of three officers will present themselves this afternoon and if necessary storm the bulwarks.

The trouble is an aftermath of last week's investigation of charges against the Indian agent

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“Indian War Club,” The Globe and Mail. July 9, 1938. Page 04. ---- This is a century old ‘nut-cracker,’ or better known as, an Indian war club, unearthed recently near Moraviantown, on the banks of the Thames River. Daniel Stonefish, whose Indian name is Da-Ga-Heed (Trees-on-Your-Way), is holding the weapon that was probably used in the War of 1812. ---- London, Ont., July 8 (Staff). - Something different in the way of a ‘nut-cracker’ was exhibited at the Oneida Indian Reserve by Daniel Stonefish.

It was a war club more than 100 years old that was recently unearthed on the banks of the Thames River near Moraviantown. Cut from hardwood, the club resembles the forearm of a man with fingers firmly grasping a good sized rock. The elbow of the forearm is finished off like a policeman’s bill-stick, allowing a comfortable hold.

Daniel Stonefish, a Delaware Indian, said the war club in all probability was used in the war of 1812 and also it might have been used to settle differences between tribes. While the hand;e is inscribed with the legend of the carver and owner, Stonefish said he was unable to read it. ‘It would take some older member of the particular tribe who used it.’

Asked if it should not be called a tomahawk, Stonefish said the tomahawk was a white man’s weapon. ‘It was introduced by the French and not used by the Indians before that. We also had war clubs but not tomahawks.’

In a good state of preservation, Stonefish stated he was adding this war club to his collection of Indian relics, many of which have been found near Moraviantown.