 | 1904 - 406 pages
...our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the god of peace and war, and the arbiter of life...and death. . . . One with this calumet may venture amonghis enemies, and in the hottest battles they lay down their arms before the sacred pipe. The Illinois... | |
 | William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1905 - 1120 pages
...our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the god of peace and war, and the arbiter of life and death. One, with this calumet, SETTING AND WATERING TOBACCO PLANTS BY THE OLD METHOD may venture among his enemies, and in the hottest... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1908 - 914 pages
...the calumet, or sacred tobacco pipe, for which the Indians have such a deference that one may call it " the god of peace and war, and the arbiter of life and death " ; but they are not permitted either to dance or sing. They are called into the councils of the Indians,... | |
 | Charles Edward Brown - 1911 - 538 pages
..."are not so much respected ; for the Savages have such a deference for this pipe that one may call it the God of Peace and War, and the Arbiter of Life and Death. They make use of the former to seal their alliances and treaties, to travel with safety, and receive... | |
 | Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch - 1916 - 516 pages
...respected," wrote Marquette, "for the Savages have such a Deference for this Pipe, that one may call it the God of Peace and War, and the Arbiter of Life and Death." "It was really a touching spectacle to see the calumet, the Indian emblem of peace, raised heavenward... | |
 | Hartley Burr Alexander - 1916 - 496 pages
...respected," wrote Marquette, "for the Savages have such a Deference for this Pipe, that one may call it the God of Peace and War, and the Arbiter of Life and Death" "It was really a touching spectacle to see the calumet, the Indian emblem of peace, raised heavenward... | |
 | Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture - 1899 - 952 pages
...our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the God of peace and war, and the arbiter of life and death. One, with this calumet, may venture among his enemies, and in the hottest battles they lay down their arms before this sacred pipe." The... | |
 | William Graham Sumner, Albert Galloway Keller, Maurice Rea Davie - 1927 - 1460 pages
...Kings are not so much respected; for the Savages have such a Deference for this Pipe, that one may call it The God of Peace and War, and the Arbiter of Life and Death." A fetish that plays an important rôle in Tibetan life is the khata or scarf of felicitation. This... | |
 | Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch - 1916 - 494 pages
...respected," wrote Marquette, "for the Savages have such a Deference for this Pipe, that one may call it the God of Peace and War, and the Arbiter of Life and Death." "It was really a touching spectacle to see the calumet, the Indian emblem of peace, raised heavenward... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1904 - 400 pages
...our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the god of peace and war, and the arbiter of life...and death. . . . One with this calumet may venture amonghis enemies, and in the hottest batt les they lay down their arms before the sacred pipe. The... | |
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the most mysterious thing in the world. The scepters of our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the God of peace and war, and the arbiter of life and death." . . . "One with this Calumet may... 
