pipestone

[ pahyp-stohn ]

/ ˈpaɪpˌstoʊn /

a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.

Origin of pipestone

First recorded in 1755–65; pipe¹ + stone

A few days later two solitary teepees stood on the shore of the pond, under the red cliffs of the Pipestone Quarry.

Red Hunters And the Animal People |Charles A. Eastman
This crossing had been for generations the fording place of the red peoples in their pilgrimages to the pipestone quarry.

The Spirit Lake Massacre |Thomas Teakle
After passing the pipestone falls, we entered country new to us, where the valley became much wider.

With the Indians in the Rockies |James Willard Schultz
A stone from Ohio, for pipestone from Dakota, or for a stone from any other State.

Harper's Young People, June 21, 1881 |Various

They are chiefly made of a soft stone something like the pipestone used by the present Indians which approaches soapstone.

The Mound Builders |George Bryce

pipestone

/ (ˈpaɪpˌstəʊn) /

a variety of consolidated red clay used by Native Americans to make tobacco pipes