DCHP-1 Online
chiploquorgan [< Algonk.] N.B. 
n. See quotes.
See also: kettle-stick pot-bow squaw pole (def. 2)
- 1872 The word "chiploquorgan" is the Indian name in the Milicite language, for the stick on which the kettle is suspended over the camp fire. . . .
- 1872 In a double camp the chiploquorgan is different to that used in a single one. . . . A stick is cut of birch or cherry, with a crook in the bottom, the twigs being left at the top, these are twisted so as to form a loop, by which the stick is suspended over the fire from a crossed pole at the top of the camp.
- 1896 (n.d.) We fixed up the camp to look natural and secure, hung our wet clothes to dry on the cheep lah-quah-gan, closed the tent-door for the night to keep out the mosquitoes, and retired.
- 1961 The Indians attach a certain degree of superstition to the chiploquorgan, and it is considered most unlucky to burn or remove it on leaving a camp.
- 1872 The word "chiploquorgan" is the Indian name in the Milicite language, for the stick on which the kettle is suspended over the camp fire. . . .