smoke the peace pipe

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Next day, representatives of two groups which had favored Democrat Adlai Stevenson during the campaign came in to smoke the peace pipe.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Stay and smoke the peace pipe with me."

From Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Coe, Ida

The great chief at St. Louis having sent word for us to come down and confirm the treaty, we did not hesitate, but started immediately that we might smoke the peace pipe with him.

From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk

And Captain Percy must smoke the peace pipe in my lodge above the Pamunkey and watch my young men and maidens dance, and eat with me five days.

From The Literary World Seventh Reader by Metcalf, John Calvin

And Captain Percy must smoke the peace pipe in my lodge above the Pamunkey, and watch my young men and maidens dance, and eat with me five days.

From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary