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calumet of peace

• an ornamented ceremonial pipe, used by certain Indian tribes as a symbol of peace and adopted by the white traders in their dealings with these Indians.

  See also: calumet  peace pipe  pipe ((2)) (def. 1)  pipe of peace  stem  war pipe  

  • 1703  (1905)  The Calumet of Peace is made of certain stones or of marble. . . .
  • 1774  (1934)  "I presented them with a little Tobacco, and smoak'd my Calimett of Peace with them."
  • 1934  . . . talking over the campfire . . . the means of causing erstwhile traditionally hostile tribes to smoke, at last, the calumet of peace together and to seal forever the bonds of friendship with each other.