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chiploquorgan
[< Algonk.]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1872
The word "chiploquorgan" is the Indian name in the Milicite language, for the stick on which the kettle is suspended over the camp fire. . . .
1872
In a double camp the chiploquorgan is different to that used in a single one. . . . A stick is cut of birch or cherry, with a crook in the bottom, the twigs being left at the top, these are twisted so as to form a loop, by which the stick is suspended over the fire from a crossed pole at the top of the camp.
1896
We fixed up the camp to look natural and secure, hung our wet clothes to dry on the cheep lah-quah-gan, closed the tent-door for the night to keep out the mosquitoes, and retired.
1961
The Indians attach a certain degree of superstition to the chiploquorgan, and it is considered most unlucky to burn or remove it on leaving a camp.
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