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Definition of Pipe of peace
1. Noun. A highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipe Of Peace
Literary usage of Pipe of peace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Pipe of Peace. The North American Indians present a pipe to anyone they wish to
be on good terms with. To receive the pipe and smoke together is to promote ..."
2. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"THE pipe of peace. Generally Called Calumet—Not au Indian Word—Not Strictly an
Appropriate Term —A Norman French Word—Its Signification—Description of the ..."
3. Illustrations of the Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American by George Catlin (1866)
"... and solemnize by smoking through the calumet or pipe of peace, as I have before
described; and after that, their warriors and braves step forward, ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Veteran Woodman— Tidings of Mr. Henry — Danger from the Blackfeet—Country of
the Sioux—A Land of Danger —A Council of War—A Parley—The Pipe of Peace. ..."
5. The North-Americans of Yesterday: A Comparative Study of North-American by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1900)
"Each village had its calumet, a pipe of peace made of sacred pipe- stone, and
whoever travelled with it, passed, even among the enemy, with impunity. ..."
6. History of British Columbia, 1792-1887 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Alfred Bates (1887)
"... WITH THEIR ALLIES ATTACK THE FORT—STRATEGY OF FINLAYSON—BLOODLESS VICTORY—THE
pipe of peace is SMOKED—DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ..."
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