artifacts enquiry

[Bruce Ingham]

<italic>Recently a friend of mine in the antique arms and armour trade showed me

a war club which was said to be a "Delaware Battle Axe.  Western
Plains".  I didn't know there were any Delawares in the Western
Plains, but anyway it had on it the inscription ONESHONRONEAH.
 This looked more like Iroquois than anything else to me.  Has
anyone any ideas.  I doubt whether it is Siouan, but I know many
of you know other languages.


Bruce



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Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS