See also:CALUMET (Norm. Fr. See also:form of chalumet, from See also:Lat. calamus, a See also:reed)
, the name given by the See also:French in See also:Canada to the " See also:peace-See also:pipe " of the See also:American See also:Indians
.
This pipe occupied among the tribes a position of See also:peculiar symbolic significance, and was the See also:object of profound veneration
.
It was smoked on all ceremonial occasions, even on declarations of See also:war, but its See also:special use was at the making of See also:treaties of peace
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It was usually about 22 ft. See also:long, and in the See also:west the bowl was made of red pipestone (catlinite), a See also:fine-grained, easily-worked See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone of a See also:rich red See also:colour found chiefly in the Coteau See also:des Prairies west of Big Stone See also:Lake, Dakota
.
The quarries were formerly neutral ground among the warring See also:Indian tribes, many sacred traditions being associated with the locality and its product (See also:Longfellow, See also:Hiawatha, i.)
.
The pipe See also:stem was of See also:reed decorated with eagles' quills or See also:women's See also:hair
.
Native See also:tobacco mixed with See also:willow-bark or sumac leaves was smoked
.
The pipe was offered as a supreme See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of hospitality to distinguished strangers, and its refusal was regarded as a grievous affront
.
In the See also:east and See also:south-east, the bowl was of See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white stone, sometimes pierced with several stem holes so that many persons might See also:smoke at once
.
See See also:Joseph D
.
Macguire (exhaustive See also:report,64o pages), " Pipes andSmoking Customs of the American See also:Aborigines" in Smitkconi¢nReport (American See also:Bureau of See also:Ethnology) for 1897, vol. i.; and authorities quoted in Handbook of American Indians (See also:Washington,19o7)
.
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