The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-27

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0e history Of which supplies interesting Incidents
Aan thai Of tobacco Being indigenous TO the New World
md ITS unknown 70 ths Old prior 70 the discovery OF
Columbus, has found its way the hAsitasle globe
IN NE ssce OF every kind Of commercial restriction op
posnou to the denuncuons OF kings The alminAtons Of
Pspes and condemnation of medical and religious writers,
has found constant patrons equally among civilized and
tavage men
Poeouous and repulsive every creature bearing ami
nal life except man, he alone cherishes hs with
persnacity which dsposes 70 believe that there s
some hidden instinct In human nature concealed and
uncomfortable passion love for its narcotic influence
AT the time Columbus landed in America there not
probably a Indian tribe on the continent who not
familiar with the OF tobacco, its equivalent,
sinking material. They all possessed pipes Of
some form, and each had national pipe Of peace. It is
said that nations at very remote periods antiquity ndu
ed in the Of intoxicating narcotic fumes Both Gre
sian historians and later authors refer the fact in their
notices Of the Nassagetes, rhracans and Babylonians
unknown what kind plants used for the purpose
Of smoking Some have supposed that species Of
hemp, or the datum stramonium.
The North American Indians, in the Of herbs for
smokng do not conhne themselves exclusively to the
tisn with IT, substitutes.
Carver, his travels North America, IN the north
portion of United States along the shores Of
the upper lakes and of the upper Mississippi in the years
1905 10 176s speaking Of the natural productions adjacent
Of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan,
follows
sumac likewise grows here great plenty the leaf of
which gathered at MchEemas when turns red, much
esteemed by the natives they mix about equal guam
tsy Of with their tooacco, which causes 10
about n the great lakes is found KIND
Of willow, termed BY the French, bes rouge;
growth is Of . ane scarlet color and appears very beaa
tnul but "a grows oier grows into mixture OF gray
.na red doe stalks o. TINS grow many as% 10
largest not exceeding an inch u diameter. The bark
beng scraPed from the sticks and dried and powdered
by them in lhe hghes, estimation ur their winter smok
ing. weed which grows near the great lakes in rocky
pscee, they use in the summer season. 1t is called by
the Indians 'seqochmac and crees like vine on the
ground sometimes extending TO eight Ind ten feet ana
bearing leaf abeut the size Of silver penny, nearly
rsund Of the substance color OF the laurel and
IS like the tree IL resembles evergreen These leaves
dried and powdered they likewise mix tobacco
these succedsneums the pipes OF the Indians well sup
Piled through every season of the year and a they
Ss and preparing shsmp So travels of Jonathan Car
In North America, in 1896 70 17os London 1851.
New York, Harper Bros, 1888, p. 40
II is likely many plants and shrubs exist in America
which might advantageousy prove innocent in their
than tobacco, their virtues properly tested.
The writer Of this, when travelling among the Chppe-
was Of Lake Superior, in 1sa5, employed Indian
vcyasers, Who when tobacco became scarce would Gu.
sticks from aromatic shrub about half inch
IN diameter, and two three feet In length, and with
smooth, green coored bark. These sticks they would
scrape raising the bark from end towards the other
leaving them hanging loose. The naked end OF the
sticks they would force in the ground near the fire.
ad hsrk NV hahn 6r~
become dry and crisp, when they would rub 1t into
coarse powder, and smoke Il in their pipes. They called
the shrub "chni kimic."
The true plant OF tobacco univerf ally used for smok
Ing shutting and chewing has been kno all the tribes
OF American Indians from the earliest knowledge of the
race Their pipes, Of every available material and in
great variety Of FORMS found among their remains all
over the continent and dug from the most ancient
mounds.
Tobacco bears different names with different Indian
tribes The Chppewas call "semau )" while the sioaxs
call "shswsassaw." The cnppewas cal apple "poagap,"
and the Sioux call Is " shAnuApaw,' aud the pipe Of
psace ShAnuApaw- wAkon," and smoke sbaweAh."
The use o. tobacco IN Europe nos known until The
discovery Of America. has been claimed thst
the tobacco derived its name from the island OF To
bsgo from whence has been alleged tia. the plant
carried Spain and Portugal BY Hernandez ds Toledo
Subsequent researches have led the belief that the
plant kter the Island. writer in the Ahenaum August
1857 remarks follows
II " doubtful what called tobacco" by the To.
Ans (of The Spanish West Iodia Isands), the Of
smoking accordins 70 oviedo or the pipe or the psnt
(aooordng 70 ohers) nay, some referred 70 the
sleep produced-all which oEisdo denies, and insists
Nat n the act Of smoking. U'ar1n Toe iadsOs des,s
fsld (EspdnoIa) ricos muy lian rso
que iOnar dhumadas que clos liarsn daco para
salr de sendo ""s ncdla ysrua ss,no que les toaa,
Che smoke through . birorked tube Ike the let
Ger Y, placing The upper cnds in tnsr nostrils
used the same instrument, for inhsng SNUFF This ac Of
smok ng the Indians called tobac, or toba,or which be
came liked name for the plant
One OF the earliest notices OF tobacco gwen by
oviedo, in 1877. Iu usual botanical name Is knows q,
sHioonsna tobacum," named arer John Nicot, who
was Ambassador 70 Portugal from France under Francis
III. He carried some Of the seeds with him 10 Francs
from Lisbon and presented some OF them to ouesn Ca
thsrpe de hedics, and another portion 10 the GrAud
Prior Of the House Of Lorraine. II said Queen CAihs
rine de Medicis anxious that her name should be
given the plant This caused the poet Bucbaaan
10 lssh her presumption fierce epsrsm, concluding
with
Nectar epim hc,, panaooa venenum
kedices s yocabitur.
Notwithstanding the attempts 10 ntroduce new Names
that Of tobacco has become universal, and God it's
synonyms in all Languages, savage and civilized. In
French k "tobac," Dutch "taoack," Polish
"tsbacs" Spanish Tobacco" Danish aud Swedish
a. tobak /" Hndoetane "tumbaku," Malaysia atom
brsoooo." In other eastern countries, 81 stab gle"
" Kin BAG" "itu bss," z-bsck," "ns bsqie" "zn-
back "iiubu,," "to-back" "na- bska" and 'tup-
bakah." II s said that the Chinese hal
NO ancient character for tobacco, although SONS
writers have contended thai the Of tobasco
known 70 Me Chinese and other Ass,cs before the dis
covery Of America aud that the Dutch copied the forms
cf their pipes from Eastern patsrn, All these IDEAS
have been set at rest by recent which
20 prove thai Europe indebted, both for the plant
and pipe 10 the Indians OF America HE tobac plant
became domesossed garden plant In England, before
she year 1870, and used FOR medicinal purposes sir