DCHP-1 Online
gum-stick Obs. 
n. a stick of pine saturated with pitch or gum (def. 1), carried on the trail for kindling campfires.
See also: gum ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1867 The best material I have ever met for kindling a fire, is known to the fur-traders . . . as gum-stick; nearly every Indian Tribe employs it.
- 1867 The best material I have ever met for kindling a fire, is known to the fur-traders . . . as gum-stick; nearly every Indian Tribe employs it.