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usp(w)ogan
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a tobacco pipe.
See: puagun
Quotations
1852
The use of the Uspogan, or Calumet, which forms so important a part of every ceremony among the Eythinyuwuk, was not an original practice of the Tinne, but was introduced to that people by Europeans along with tobacco.
1858
Nothing appears to contribute so largely to the comfort and enjoyment of Indians . . . as the pwahgăn of the Objibway, the uspwägān of the Cree, or the pipe of the English.