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Show IFOCI RECEIVES INDIAN TITLE Mysterious Ceremony for Army Leader Explained by Historian I BISM ARK. N 1.. Jan 11. .ll the ! mystery of the Indian under:, sndtng of life, earth, water and sky cruered into the ceremony In which the mcm- bers of tho Teton tribe of the Sioux named Marshal Foch and smoke. I with him the pipe of peace, according to Melvln R Ollmore, curator of '.he North Dakota Historical society. In the rush of completing the ceremony with the allotted !-v minutes. 11 wrong Interpretation was placed upon i".he name bestowed by Rod Tomahawk, accordlnK to Mr. Gilmore, who had the Indian chief repeat the name after the ceremony that he might be certain cer-tain of having It correctly placed in : his historical records .Marshal Foch 'is placed in the mythology of tb' Te-, Te-, tons as Charging Ligh nm;, the words for thunder and lightning heinu almost the same. CHIEF MAKES SP1 l II Dr. Gilmore s historical Statement ol the event says in pant "Marshul Foch was met by a delegation dele-gation of Teton-Dakotas front the Standing Rock reservation of tho Dakota Da-kota nation. The leader of this delegation dele-gation was Red Tomahawk who cere-I cere-I monicall;. presented a pipe to .Marshal J Foch. and also conferred upon him I a name in 'he. Dakota nation In his I speech to tho marshal he said: 'My iiicnd The first time 1 ever heard of the great general, Marshal Foch I was at the time wht Q w sent our young men to France. At that time I never though, that I should ever see the- great general, hut today I have 1 the honor and the pleasure to see him. land I am glad The young men of the French nation and young men of the Dakota nation louirht together in .'.he .same- cause against our common enemy and some of both nations died together 1 in that Struggle and Were burled In the same ground ' OP RARE WORKM WMIIP "Then he held up tho pipe and said: "Among my people the Daktcas, It Is our custom to offer the pipe and smoke together: so In liko "i.mncr I wish to smoke with the marshal and to give him this pips as a token of friendship Now the meaning of the ..A I. o r.nrlu ihaoa' t It .- Itlna. bowl is made from cat Unite, a red stono which Is. found only in southwestern south-western Minnesota. The stone in this uso siKnlfies firm and lasting friendship. friend-ship. The plpestem Is of ashwood, land signifies that our friendship shall be durable and unbroken. Th. hollow Of the plpestem chrouwh which we draw the smoke is straight, signifying that the words proceeding from our lips shall be just and true, and that our paths shall be straight. The colors col-ors of these ribbons upon ho pipe-stem pipe-stem also have their meaning. The white signifies that all former differences dif-ferences are cleared away, and we shall be candid friends. The red ribbon Is the color of blood and signiiies that wo are al! of one blood! di vim: invocation ' Then Red Tomahawk held the pipe first to tho north then east, '.o south and to the west; then aloft to the sky, then downwards to mother eanth, This was a form of invocation to all thv Divine Powers "Ho then lighted the pipe and drew upon It. and then offered the -mouthpiece to the marshal, who also drew upon it. and then to Major Welch. "Red Tomahawk was obliged to abbreviate ab-breviate the ceremony because of the lack of time. He also abbreviated the explanations of th symbolism for the same reason. If time had permitted all should have been seated upon the ground "The material for smoking, with which the pipe was filled, was a mixture mix-ture of tobacco and the inner bark of a native shrub, a species of dogwood, Cornus stolon If 1 1 TOBACCO HELD BACKED 'Tobacco Is Invested with something of mystery and sacrcdness in the Indian In-dian thought, and WS u d ( B I ni'Ull-ully ni'Ull-ully in the manner of incense. "After delivering the pipe to Marshall Mar-shall Poch Red T- ahawh declared his desire nn1 purpose to confer upon the marshal the honor of a name in the Dakota nation Wakinyan Watakpe. This name with which Red Tomahawk Toma-hawk Invested the marshal had significance signifi-cance in connection with the historic message sen.' by the marshal at the first battle of the Marne: The situation situa-tion is excellent I nm attacking" The rnoanlnc of the Dakota word watakpe Is "to make an attack," "to charge." ThS meaning of he Dakota wmrl Wakinyan. is lightning Therefore th meaning of the nam Is "light ninK-ln -attack." or "Llghtning-whlch-attacks " j |