Regarding Chapter 6 I came across some words that where either unfamiliar
to me or that I wished further explanation for.
Here is what I found out and thought I'd pass along:
There is mention at one point of playing Pleyel's hymn - so am including
this as an explanation for when you get to that point in the chapter:
http://home.earthlink.net/~threelemmings/mm/pleyel.html
Lyrics
Written by Brother David Vinton, 1816
Solemn strikes the funeral chime!
Notes of our departing time,
As we journey here below,
On a pilgrimage of woe.
Brothers, now indulge a tear,
For mortality is here!
See how wide her trophies wave,
O'er the slumbers of the grave.
Here another guest we bring,
Seraphs of celestial wing,
To our funeral altar come,
Waft a friend and brother home.
Lord of all, below, above,
Fill our hearts with Truth and Love.
As dissolves our earthly tie,
Take us to Thy Lodge on High.
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calumet
SYLLABICATION: cal·u·met
PRONUNCIATION: kly-mt, -mt, kly-mt
NOUN: A long-stemmed sacred or ceremonial tobacco pipe used by certain
Native American peoples.
This was also translated as a peace pipe. There is also a county in
Wisconsin by this name.
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Lastly there was reference to the Indian placing tobacco and kinnikinnik -
which turned out to be an assortment of smokeable items such as sumac leaves.
So this turned also into a learning experience for me!
Tim