kinnikinnick

[David Lewis]

I would disagree with the word "substitute" in this Audubon description.
Native people did not only use Tobacco for our various purposes, and herbal
substances like Kinnikinnick were common enough to warrant a common and
regular use designation.
David
At 09:41 AM 03/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Here's what the Audubon "Western Forests" guide says about it
>(p. 418):
>
>    "Kinnikinnick, an Indian word formany tobacco
>     substitutes, is most frequently applied to this
>     species [= the one I just described], which also
>     had many medicinal uses, including the alleged
>     control of several sexually transmitted diseases."


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