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Ojibway Council Pipe

Rev. Coltin in his work seems to have ignored the Ojibway pipe altogether as he has not a single illustration of that indispensable article. The reason for this may be found in the fact which probably existed at that day: that the Ojibway. not having the "Cattimite" are obliged to use other materials. and it appears that only the council pipes are of Stone and they of Slate a harder material to work in. The other social pipes are carved of wood. the fashion and style of pipes ct out of wood chiefly Maple, "acer niger" is endless A piece of wood is taken and shaped into the proper form. a bowl cut in it and this lined with tin or a piece of brass. A few of the Ojibway carry pipes of red stone such pipes are prized by them highly but are articles of barter not of domestic manufacture. The chief Speaker "mad.we asin." at Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin carries a pipe made of "cattimite" in the form of a Tomahawk, which is the fabrication of a white man. "How have the mighty fallen." The Council Pipe of which we give an illustration is the one belonging to the [?drum?] of the Third Chief of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Ojibway, in Wisconsin The facts relating to the Ceremonial Drum will be discussed in another chapter. This pipe is about five inches long made of black slate the body is cylindrical and surmounted by a ridge or tip about a half inch high. the band is about three inches high of a cylindrical form slightly tapering on the sides of the bowl and about the body are depressing cut which are filled with lead. near the end of the body are three grooves cut. This pipe the writer made a sketch of as it with the Drum and other sacred articles reclined upon the mat [?needed?] for such things, (This mat is the same as the "Anakas" but smaller) in the corner of "Nanqueb's" camp. The Pipe fastened to the stem. reclined on the mat filled to the brim with clean new tobacco. and by its side was a box containing more tobacco. The reason for all this is this. The pipe is the special property of Manito. and that it is only loaned to the indians and that they, must keep it full of tobacco at all times and have plenty of tobacco new at hand so that when the Great Spirit desires to smoke he can do so. In former times the flint and steel were kept close by the pipe now they are replaced by "the white man's" matches.