calumet

• They declined smoking the peace calumet, and were by no means cordial in their reception of the strangers. —  The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
• La Salle stood up and waved the calumet, the sacred emblem of peace and friendship. —  The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
• Does you want you fauchun told by de ole 'oman I perceived that the daughter of the Delawares smelt strongly of fire-water, and the fumes of her calumet were most unwholesome. —  Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
• The calumet was also adorned with feathers, and was set up in the most conspicuous place. —  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)
• When the dance of the calumet is intended, as it generally is, to conclude a peace, or a treaty of alliance against a common enemy, they grave a serpent on one side of the tube of the pipe, and set on one side of it a board, on which is represented two men of the two confederate nations, with the enemy under their feet, by the mark of his nation Of the two accounts which, it may be seen, differ essentially, I prefer Loskiel's. —  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)

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