usp(w)ogan Obs.
n. a tobacco pipe.
See also: puagun
- 1852  The use of the Uspogan, or Calumet, which forms so important a part of every ceremony among the Eythinyuwuk, was not an original practice of the Tinne, but was introduced to that people by Europeans along with tobacco.
- 1858  (1860)  Nothing appears to contribute so largely to the comfort and enjoyment of Indians . . . as the pwahgăn of the Objibway, the uspwägān of the Cree, or the pipe of the English.