just a note,...i seem to recall that a Maori-type "patu" or "patu patu" was collected during an archaeological expedition in the Columbia Plateau during the 1890's. it is (or once was) on display at the Smithsonian Institution under the "patu" name. in wonder if this [to'i] or [towee] is of the same root as "patu". phil cash cash cayuse/nez perce