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Tobacco, or old tobacco so much used by the ancient Cherokees, was a weed growing in the woods, having a leaf shaped very much like that of Basswood. A powder was | Tobacco, or old tobacco so much used by the ancient Cherokees, was a weed growing in the woods, having a leaf shaped very much like that of Basswood. A powder was | ||
made of the leaves of this which they sprinkled on the fire when the sacrifice was burning. | made of the leaves of this which they sprinkled on the fire when the sacrifice was burning. | ||
Red paint was made by burning a soft red stone and then pounding it; and sometimes a kind of yellow dirt when burnt, became red. Red ointment was doubtless made by mixing one of the above ingredients with deers tallow. White paint was made of white clay, and white ointment with which the priests were anointed was made of this white clay mixed with deers tallow. _______________ | |||
Salt they obtained as follows, viz. the moss growing in the bottom of creeks & rivers, was taken, - dried, - burnt to ashes, and then the ashes were washed, and the lie (sic: lye) boiled | |||
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Tobacco, or old tobacco so much used by the ancient Cherokees, was a weed growing in the woods, having a leaf shaped very much like that of Basswood. A powder was made of the leaves of this which they sprinkled on the fire when the sacrifice was burning.
Red paint was made by burning a soft red stone and then pounding it; and sometimes a kind of yellow dirt when burnt, became red. Red ointment was doubtless made by mixing one of the above ingredients with deers tallow. White paint was made of white clay, and white ointment with which the priests were anointed was made of this white clay mixed with deers tallow. _______________ Salt they obtained as follows, viz. the moss growing in the bottom of creeks & rivers, was taken, - dried, - burnt to ashes, and then the ashes were washed, and the lie (sic: lye) boiled