TOBACCO LEAVES 



as an incense to the Almighty, just as the 

 Western nations burned myrrh, benzoin, 

 and frankincense. Smoking the great 

 peace calumet, or pipe of peace, was in 

 reality taking a solemn form of oath. A 

 second purpose, partly religious, was the 

 production of stupor or prophetic dreams 

 on the part of a medicine-man or priest. 

 Third, was the reward to heroic sagamore 

 and sachem, which came from inhaling to- 

 bacco smoke. No young man could use 

 the pipe or cigar until he had proved his 

 courage, while squaws were forbidden the 

 pleasure until they had reached old age, 

 and had been the mothers of warriors. 

 Spain carried the fire of the cigar to South- 

 ern Europe, while England, a generation 

 later, transported to Northern Europe the 

 Algonquin pipe. The Castilian was rich, 

 refined, and courtly. He wove around the 

 weed his own delightful manners, and made 

 smoking an accomplishment of the nobil- 



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