DCHP-3

peace calumet

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an ornamented ceremonial pipe, used by certain Indian tribes as a symbol of peace and adopted by the white traders in their dealings with these Indians.

Quotations

1862
Well, this party was plundered by the very Assiniboines, in whose camp our hunting-gentlemen were now smoking the peace calumet.