The Indians grew tobacco and smoked pipes, rolled leaf, where did this tradition originate? Do you agree on this theory: When prehistoric man first invented fire, it took him a while to get the spark and then the flame and then the full-blown fire. After several generations of improving on a design as man continues to be good at, some smart tribesman in a cave came up with the idea to light a stick or rolled leaves and “sell” or “trade” his services of being a firestarter to other people in the commune or even in other tribes. He would light his “cigar” or pipe at that time made of perhaps something other than tobacco, from the flames of his fire and smoke it until it was ready to relight his fire or a neighbors and he would have the needed fire to do it quickly. I truly believe this is how smoking got its start. Its also why so many traveling salesmen smoke big cigars today. Also, its why Indians passed around the communal peace pipe. What do you think?
May 4, 2010
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It makes sense
well thought out.
That sounds like a good explanation but i think the Indians had something besides tobacco in their peace pipes!
I think that you have a very active imagination. Unlike Europeans, who have a tendency to abuse tobacco, the indigenous people of North America almost exclusively use tobacco as a ceremonial drug reserved for council meetings. It was almost never rolled into a cigar shaped anything. Some tribes would hollow out a corn cob and stuff that with tobacco leaves (which was the origin of the corn cob pipe), but usually it was smoked in a very elaborate pipe, often given as a gift.
By the way women often had the duty of keeping the fires going so there was little need for a “firestarter.”