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Use of tobacco among North American Indians by Ralph Linton explores tobacco pipes, tobacco use, indians of north america.
Use of tobacco among North American Indians is a work by Ralph Linton. Its subjects include Tobacco pipes, Tobacco use, Indians of North America.
From the opening pages: “Tobacco has been one of the most important gifts from the New World to the Old. In spite of the attempts of various authors to prove its Old World origin there can be no doubt that it was introduced into both Europe and Africa from America. Most species of _Nicotiana_ are native to the New World, and there are only a few species which are undoubtedly extra-American. The custom of smoking is also characteristic of America. It was thoroughly established throughout eastern North and South America at the time of the discovery; and the early explorers, from Columbus on, speak of it as a strange and novel practice which they often find it hard to describe. It played an important part in many religious ceremonies, and the beliefs and observances connected with it are in themselves proof of its antiquity. Hundreds of pipes have been found in the pre-Columbian mounds and village sites of the eastern United States and, although these remains…”
