DCHP-1 Online
throw the hatchet to the sky Obs. 
in Indian parlance, wage total war.
- 1840 Thus to throw up the hatchet, or to put on the great cauldron is to begin a war; to throw the hatchet to the sky, is to wage open and terrible war; to take off the cauldron, or to bury the hatchet is to make peace. . . .
- 1840 Thus to throw up the hatchet, or to put on the great cauldron is to begin a war; to throw the hatchet to the sky, is to wage open and terrible war; to take off the cauldron, or to bury the hatchet is to make peace. . . .