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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a teepee or lodge erected as the headquarters of the war chief during a state of war.

See: soldiers' tent,war chief,warriors' lodge(def. 1)

Quotations

1893

Surrounding the war lodge erected in the centre of the camp, he arrested and took away the head chief, Crow's Dance. . . .

1927

Moving up a ravine until near the camp, they struck in toward the war-lodge at a sharp trot

a war chief and his warriors, who held authority in a tribe during war.

See: soldiers' lodge,war chief,warriors' lodge(def. 2)

Quotations

1910

The Salteaux had been camping with the Assiniboines and were desirous of moving away, but to this Crow's Dance would not agree, as he had formed a "war lodge" and given orders that no one should leave the camp without the permission of his warriors.