calumet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calumet
First recorded in 1710–20; from French, originally dialect (Norman, Picard): “pipe stem,” a by-form of French chalumeau “reed flute, stem of a reed,” with suffix altered to -et; see origin at chalumeau, -et
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One of the prairie schooners is a genuine survivor of the Colorado gold rush, the calumet used at the powwow is supposed to have been sucked by Sitting Bull himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I do not smoke," added Big Chief Nikita, "but really, I would be happy to light the calumet together with the leaders of all powers."
From Time Magazine Archive
The famous calumet dance is performed only on important occasions—to strengthen peace, for a war assembly, at public rejoicings, and in honor of important personages or invited strangers.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
From hand to hand passed a great red-stone calumet or pipe.
From The Westerners by Stewart Edward White
And then he swept his arm and the feather-fluttering calumet abroad as he described the boundless extent of the hunting grounds over which it had used to roam.
From The Westerners by Stewart Edward White
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