Hemp of the Indians????

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Thank you Bob Norton. You are right on and I pulled a
Columbus on this one, confused things here, thanks. I
suggested that N.A. Indians used Hemp for ritual and they
did not, wrong side of the world, and I mixed up the Hemps.
Still, the argument I make is still valid, I think?  


> 
> Excuse me? "The hemp of the Indians"? Not American Indians. Hemp is an
> old-world plant brought over by settlers. If the Indians had any hemp, they
> were buying it from whites. I challange you to name a single Amerind ritual
> from the 17th, 18th, or 19th century involving hemp. The only Indians in
> this period with hemp rituals are the ones on the other side of the planet.
> 
> Terrance F. Flaherty opined:
> 
> >George fits in as the elite here,
> >the hemp of the indians was used for ritual and for lots of
> >other things, but George is growing his own for what? Who is
> >he going to sell it to?