Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 73: January 19, 1911
According to some authorities, tobacco was used by the Chinese long before the discovery of America by the civilized nations of Europe; but the use of tobacco was confined to the savage tribes until a very recent period. At the discovery of America, it was found to be used very extensively among the Indian tribes in performing a religious rite, and it was supposed to cure a great variety of diseases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
