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Title: Fugowie war club
Post by: montmil on May 06, 2009, 02:13:45 PM

I recently scored a quite valuable historical relic at an estate sale. Check out my said-to-be-genuine Fugowie war club.

As a serious student of Texas history, I had read of the famous Panhandle Plains Lost Tribe. After being forced off their centuries old ancestral lands by America's western expansion, the Fugowie wandered the western wilderness asking all they met, "Wer da Fugowie?"

I'm sure one could do some serious damage with this instrument. It does look oddly familiar though...

Monte I know my Texas history Miller

(https://bmwr65.org/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi196.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa1%2Fmontmil%2FBMW%2520R65%2FFugowieWarClub.jpg&hash=29fc4bb11ef0cdd10725a59437ee6de437580a46)

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: Lucky_Lou on May 06, 2009, 02:48:05 PM

The Fugowie tribe were not the only ones to use decorative ceramonial weapons the Ynotstartee were well kown in our parts for there colourfull language and ritual chants
Lou

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: nhmaf on May 06, 2009, 09:09:38 PM

For a moment I thought that you might have been talking about me - my last name "Fugere", (org. Fougere, French for "Fern") is often mispronounced as if I were Italian ("Hey, Foogahree, come over heah") in Boston, or "Foogawee" when I am in New Jersey !

Well, my brother-in-law is 1/8 Abnaki, if that counts!

 :D

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on May 07, 2009, 12:31:34 PM

Monte, school is back in session now, they called off the pigs.  You had entirely too much time on your hands. 8-)

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: Justin B. on May 07, 2009, 01:48:26 PM

At least he didn't put his "find" in the tech section... ::)

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: Bengt_Phorqs on May 10, 2009, 12:17:36 PM

Monte, that's probably a good way to display your relic.  I should have gone to school on you.  The Fugowie war club I took delivery on Wednesday from the folks in San Jose is now in two pieces.  One modest whack with a 2 pound hammer to get the nut started and the handle end broke off.  At least I got the nut loose.

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: montmil on May 10, 2009, 12:23:04 PM

Got mine from San Jose, too. Initial inspection suggested the crudely sand cast club was likely manufactured in Vietnam from re-smeltered F-4's.    

Title: Re: Fugowie war club
Post by: Lucky_Lou on May 11, 2009, 02:07:39 PM

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Got mine from San Jose, too. Initial inspection suggested the crudely sand cast club was likely manufactured in Vietnam from re-smeltered F-4's.    

So good of them to send the bits back
Lou
ps i was there with the navy when they  wernt so freindly