New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
MARSHAL FOCH
 HAS NEW NAME
Smokes Sioux Peace Pipe--Named
 'LishtninS in Attack

Bismark, N, D., Jan, G,--All the mystery of the Indian understanding of life. earth, water and sky entered into ceremony in which the members Of the Teton tribe of the Sioux named Marshal Foch and smoked with him the pipe Of peace according to Mel win K, Gilmore, curator of the North Dakota Historical society. In the rush Of completing the ceremony within the allotted few minutes, a wrong interpretation was placed upon the name bestowed by Red TOma- hawk, according to Mir. Gilmore, who had the Indian chief repeat the name after the ceremony that he might be certain of having it correctly placed fin the historical records, Marshal Foch is placed in the mythology of the Tetons as Charging Lightning, the words for thunder and lightning being almost the same,
 Dr. Gilmore's historical statement Of the event says in part:
 "Marshal Foch was met by dele gation of Tcton-p -pakotas from the Standing Rock reservation of the Da- kota nation. The leader of this dele gation was Red Tomahawk, who tremendously presented q pipe to Marshal Foch, and also conferred upon him name in the Dakota nation. In his speech to the Marshal he said: My friend: The first time I ever heard of the great gen. eral, Marshal Foch, was at the time when we sent our young men 10 France. At that time l never thought that I should ever see the great general; but today I have the honor and the pleasure to see him. and I am glad. The young men of the French nation and young men of the Dakota nation fought together in the same cause against our common enemy, and some of both nations died together in that struggle and were buried in the same ground
 "Then he held up the pipe and said: Among my people the Dako- tas, it is our custom to offer the pipe and smoke together; so in like man. ner I wish to smoke with the Mar shal and to give him this pipe as a token of friendship. Now the mean ing of the pipe and it's parts are these: The pipe bowl is made from catlinite, red stone which is found only in southwestern Minnesota. The stone in this use signifies firm and lasting friendship. The pipe stem IS of ashwood, and signifies that our friendship shall be durable and un- broken. The hollow of the pipestem through which we draw the smoke
 ;f,.iN words proceeding from our lips shall be just and true, and that our paths shall be straight. The colors Of these ribbons upon the pipe stem also have their meaning. The white sig- nifles that all former differences are cleared away, and we shall be candid friends. The red ribbon Is the color of blood and signifies that we are al! of one blood
 "rhen Red Tomahawk held the pipe first to the north, then east, to south, and to the west; then aloft 10 the sky, then downwards to Mother Earth. This was a form of invoca- tion to all the divine powers. ...
 "He then lighted the pipe and drew upon it, and then offered the mouth piece to the Nlttl Sllftl, Nfilo el''' ''~' upon it, and then to Major Welch
 Red Tomahawk was obliged to abbreviate the ceremony because Of the lack of time. He also abbreviated the explanations of the symbolism Tor the same reason. If time had per mitted al! should have been seated upon the ground
 "The material for smoking, with which the pipe was filed was mix ture of tobacco and the inner bark of a native shrub a species of dog wood, Cornus stolonifera.
 "Tobacco is invested with some thing of mystery and sacredness Tn the Indian thought, and was used tremendously in the manner of in- cense.
 After delivering the pipe to Mar shal Foch, Red Tomahawk declared his desire and purpose to confer upon the Marshal the honor of a name in the Dakota nation, Wakinyan Wa taspe. This name with which Red Tomahawk. invested the Marshal has a significance in connection with the historic message sent by the Marshal at the first battle of the Marne The situation is excellent, I am attacking The meaning of the Dakota word Watakpe is to make an attack" to