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war lodge among certain Indian tribes: Hist.

• 1 a teepee or lodge erected as the headquarters of the war chief during a state of war.

  See also: soldiers' tent  war chief  warriors' lodge (def. 1)  

  • 1893  Surrounding the war lodge erected in the centre of the camp, he arrested and took away the head chief, Crow's Dance. . . .
  • 1927  Moving up a ravine until near the camp, they struck in toward the war-lodge at a sharp trot

• 2 a war chief and his warriors, who held authority in a tribe during war.

  See also: soldiers' lodge  war chief  warriors' lodge (def. 2)  

  • 1910  The Salteaux had been camping with the Assiniboines and were desirous of moving away, but to this Crow's Dance would not agree, as he had formed a "war lodge" and given orders that no one should leave the camp without the permission of his warriors.