council fire

a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.

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What does “clement” mean?

An Americanism dating back to 1745–55

The tapop was starting the council-fire, and he used for the purpose that venerable implement of primitive times, the fire-drill.
The Delight Makers|Adolf Bandelier
Take heed, you Mohawks, and you Cayuga war-chiefs and sachems, that you do no violence to this council-fire!
The Maid-At-Arms|Robert W. Chambers
The council-fire that night was built out on the point instead of in the great stone fireplace.
Under Boy Scout Colors|Joseph Bushnell Ames
A council was immediately called; the trappers ranged themselves on one side of the council-fire and the Indians on the other.
The Dog Crusoe and his Master|R.M. Ballantyne

At the council-fire he selected his place with especial care, and saw that no one approached from behind without his knowing it.
Under Boy Scout Colors|Joseph Bushnell Ames