. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. INDIAN PEACE-PIPE. When Indians made peace with their enemies,they smoked the peace-pipe together. Offeringthe peace-pipe was always a sign of friendship. Sometimes Indians who had gone to warwished to send a message to their friends veryquickly. We might think that they had a queerway of telegraphing. They found a high place Our Land — Present and Past. that could be seen far away, and here theybuilt a little fire of something that made a bigsmoke. One column of smoke meant the success of awar party. Little columns near by told howmany scalps wer
. Stories of pioneer life, for young readers;. INDIAN PEACE-PIPE. When Indians made peace with their enemies,they smoked the peace-pipe together. Offeringthe peace-pipe was always a sign of friendship. Sometimes Indians who had gone to warwished to send a message to their friends veryquickly. We might think that they had a queerway of telegraphing. They found a high place Our Land — Present and Past. that could be seen far away, and here theybuilt a little fire of something that made a bigsmoke. One column of smoke meant the success of awar party. Little columns near by told howmany scalps were taken. Sometimes the fire wassmothered and then allowed to go up in that way some other message was
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