stone axe

The stone-axe tribe would hold first place;And ruled the rest where'er it went.

With his stone-axe he struck her a mighty blow which completely severed her head from her body.

They lived much more in the open when they had no tree-felling tool but a stone-axe and did not build cabins.

Let us however look a little closer into the long, long period during which the "fire and stone-axe methods" of farming prevailed.