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casse-tête à calumet
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a trade tomahawk with a metal, hatchet-shaped head, the poll of which forms a tobacco pipe, smoke being drawn through the hollow stem, used for ceremony and show.
See: casse-tête
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1800
Mr. McGillis takes from here 4 large Capots, 3 New Guns, 10 Pr Tranches, 1 Buffaloe robe, 4 Cassetettes à Calûmet, 1 Pr Large Steelyards, & a Fort Flag.
1805
Being in want of horses I took him at the following price: 1 blanket, 1 casse-tête-à-calumet, 100 balls and powder, 1 pair leggings, 1 lance, 1 knife, 1 hoe, 1 eyed bag, and a few beads.
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