grand council fire
Americannoun
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From every side, they were seen emerging from the thick forest, or gliding noiselessly over the bosom of the silver stream, leaping from cliff to cliff of the distant hills, or winding down their steep passes and narrow defiles, to meet in the great central village, around the grand council fire of the nation.
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As his people were then holding a grand council fire at the forks of the Delaware, they did not wish to put it out and build another council fire on this side of the Delaware.
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The occasion was the last Grand Council Fire of Hiawatha Institute for Camp Fire Girls located in the Allegheny city of Westmoreland.
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The Chief Guardian was mistress of ceremonies at the Grand Council Fire.
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The arrival on the scene of the Grand Council Fire was, as we have seen, a complete surprise to the girls.
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