SC - Native American "coffee".

[Ron and Laurene Wells]

>ate: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:56:28 -0500
>From: "Jeff Gedney" <JGedney at dictaphone.com>
>Subject: Re: SC - Coffee, Tea, and OOP
>
>I know that in (very late) period, that at least some Native American
peoples 
>had a "black drink" that was made from treebark, and from the description
>of effects, it was probably caffeinated. 
>
>It is described several times in Elizabethan accounts of voyages to America. 
>
>Brandu
>

That black drink, from my knowledge of Native Americans, was most likely
made from CHIKORY, depending on the region the NA's were from.  In the West
at least, they made a Coffee tasing drink from roasted Chickory.  And no,
I'm not exactly sure how to spell it.

- -Laurene