calumet de paix

[Rankin, Robert L]

Haven't seen it in any of the 19th century Kansa or Quapaw
documentation.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Hartley [mailto:ahartley at d.umn.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:52 AM
To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: calumet de paix


> Does anyone know if a morpheme for "peace" occurs in any Siouan
> language's term for "pipe"? I'm trying to determine the origin of
> "paix" (peace) in the French expression "calumet de paix" (peace
> pipe).

I would bet on an Iroquois source. The following is from a treaty with
the Senecas in Quebec in 1666 in Docs. Colonial Hist. NY 9.50 (in Eng.
translation--no French original): "they paint some red calumets, peace
calumets on the tomb." The term is common in French and English docs in
DCHNY, usually in Iroquoian contexts.

Alan