To cut trees down and beat snakes

To cut trees down and beat snakes is an open letter written and read by Maták Tóba around 539 AIA in the then capital of the Tûmm Autocracy, Kaïm. It is one of the earliest attested works in Ancient Xápék, also known as the the "cry for freedom" of the Xápék people. The letter formally marks the beginning of the War of Emancipation.