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" They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands in their hands, and certain dried herbs which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this... "
Proceedings and Collections - Page 102
by Wyoming Historical and Geological Society - 1905
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The London Magazine, Volume 10

1828 - 448 pages
...since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands...end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. These rolls they called tobacco, a name since transferred to the...
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A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pages
...has since converted into a universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands...end. put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. These rolls they called tobacco, a name since transferred-to the...
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The History of South America, from the Discovery of the New World by ...

William Grimshaw - America - 1830 - 262 pages
...natives walking about with fire-brands in their hands, and a certain dried herb, now called tobacco, which they rolled up in a leaf, and, lighting one end, put the other into their mouths, and continued puffing out the smoke. The return of the envoys destroyed many splendid...
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The London Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 1

1832 - 872 pages
...visit to Cuba, in 1492: — "They beheld," says Irving, in the 1st vol. of his Life of Columbuti " several of the natives going about with firebrands...and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke." About fourscore years later it was introduced into British Society by Sir Walter Raleigh, and in thirty...
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Robert Merry's Museum, Volumes 1-2

Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - Children's literature - 1842 - 418 pages
...to give them. It was here that tobacco was first discovered. When the envoys were on their return, they saw several of the natives going about with firebrands...leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their Indians smoking. mouths, and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they...
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History of the Indians, of North and South America

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians of North America - 1844 - 368 pages
...to give them. It was here that tobacco was first discovered. When the envoys were on their return, they saw several of the natives going about with firebrands...up in a leaf, and, lighting one end, put the other into their mouths, and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called...
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The Works of Washington Irving...

Washington Irving - 1848 - 454 pages
...since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands...end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a tobacco, a name since transferred...
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An Account of Discoveries in the West Until 1519, and of Voyages to and ...

Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - America - 1848 - 590 pages
...defiance of the • Irving's Columbui, vol. 1, p. 105 lo 199. opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with fire-brands...up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other end in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called...
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The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 756 pages
...since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands...end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a tobacco, a name since transferred...
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The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus: Together with the ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1849 - 450 pages
...since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands...end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a tobacco, a name since transferred...
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