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Pipe tomahawk given by Washington in 1792 returned to tribe

A long-missing peace pipe tomahawk President George Washington gave to a Seneca leader in the late 18th century has been returned on loan to the tribe in western New York.

Washington gave the combination tobacco-smoking pipe and weapon to Cornplanter as the United States negotiated a peace treaty…

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