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After supper I gave John some "stemmo," and he disappeared down the trail to join his wife in their wigwam below. We were all of us completely exhausted that night. Stanton was too tired to eat, and lay down upon the bare rocks to sleep.
After the first greetings were over they asked for stemmo, and I gave them each a plug of tobacco, for that is what stemmo means. They had no pipes with them, so I let them have two of mine, and it did my heart good to see the look of supreme satisfaction that crept into each dusky face as its possessor inhaled in long, deep pulls the smoke of the strong tobacco.
Sishetakushin and his family had been without these luxuries, and it seemed to Bob that he had never tasted anything half so delicious as the first cup of tea he drank. His Indian friends could not understand at first his refusal of their proffered gifts of "stemmo" tobacco but he told them finally that it would make him sick, and then they accepted his excuse and laughed at him good naturedly.
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