New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
MANY RARE PIPES.
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when use IN connection Win a ceremonial per-
Torrance by particular tribes. Smoking was IN
| the past and still Is to-day to a limited degree,
most intimately associated with the life history
Of the Indian not only as a pastine. but as a
| necessary function In all ceremonies. both %
the individual and the tribe. It was considered
as a sort OF flag Of truce and also as an evidence
/ of friendship.
| Among many Indians OF our continent on pO-
| HticaI and war occasions it took the place OF
the penned document. and the passing OF the
| pipe IN the council was equivalent to the peace
| protocol OF modern times. In the Sioux peace
/ pipe the stem is more significant and i1por-
tant than the pipe proper. The handles. two %
| three feet long. are symboIcaUy adorned IN
/ beadwork, eagle feathers and red hOrsehar AM
| In various patterns and designs OF snowy colo-s
| executed by the women These pipes were not
| employed for ordinary purposes. but kept sa-
| cred and reserved for occasions Of making
treaties and for the purpose Of cementinS friend
| ship between whites and various confederateI
| Indian tribes. Even today on entering the tepee
OF an old Sioux one can Judge his welcome By
the fact that the pipe is handed out By the host.
for otherwise he is looked upon as an uuuel-
/ come intruder.
The Plains Indians. those OF the N0rthwe=-
/ Coast, and the Arctic Esquimau seldom smoke
pure tobacco. but dilute it with a mixture called
| 'kinnikinick." composed OF dried bear berries
and the leaves Of the plant. pulverized b. rub
bling between the hands In arranging for a
| peace treaty the pipe Is assigned to be carried
/ by 4 special bearer. considered an important
parsonage. who goes IN advance OF the rest He
Is recognized By the enemy and interested par
/ ties. and is not molested The assembly being
| seated the opening proceedings are begun By
the head chief OF the ENJOYS taking whiF from
the peace pipe and blowing the smoke in several
directions TO the skies and earth. Il is then Of
| fered to and smoked in succession BY the Osp0-
rite party, the pipe thus accepted being an ac-
/ acknowledgement Of peace After this the special
| Calumet peace dance is performed
| The tomahawk peace pipe was a famous type.
and occupied an important place in both war
| and peace during the Colonial Wars OF America
| These pipes were male and distributed 90 the
| Indian allies during the wax Of the Revolution.
/ The stem was several feet in length. and w-s
| decorated part Of the way by skin and beaded
/ work On the handle. it is said, was kept a reg
I ister Of victories. The blade was usually made
I Of copper or brass. The bowl was in the head
| Of the top portion The handle was perforated
| its entire length. forming a stem hole for the
/ passage Of the smoke when the implement WIS
/ used a pipe.
/ All the Sioux pipes are made from soft red
| stone called Catlinite named in honor OF the
| well known explorer and Indian portrait painter.
/ who first made known the existence of the quar-
/ Is
| near the town Of Pipestone, in Southwest Mime
/ sofa. For nearly mile extends the peculiar
| and distinctive redstOue. which is esulc--Iy
| priced and highly suitable for carving into
| pipes. Even the present generation OF Indians
| come from one to two hundred miles distant
to get material for their pipes. From the earliest
| times the Sioux have owned and controlled this
/ quarry. but it has recently been secured BY
/ the United States government
| Some Of the most ancient pipes are the heavy
| birthstone types. weighing several pounds. found
/ IN aboriginal burial mounds. They are OF hard
stone. The bowl is drilled usually in the back
/ OF bird. the stem being under the tail one
| Of the most primitive styles OF pipes was that
/ used by the cliff jewellers OF the Southwes-. IS
/ well as the ancient Mexicans. They are u
| glazed black pottery and are classed as enc q
| the most primitive pipes found in America. and
| one which is distributed over greater geo.
/ graphical area than any other. and IS probably
/ the only type which appears common to the
/ whole country.
| MOnteZuma and the other lords Of Mexico are
/ said by Prescott, when smoking. to have put
the tobacco leaf. with the sum Of liquid amber
| and other odoriferous herbs. into tubular pipe
/ of wood or reed. Pipes with bowl and stem are
| rarely met with by the archROIOgist, and when
| one Of this nature is uncovered it is considered
an unusual and valuable find. Probably the
| finest in of this cllSS 4