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Amusements. 



[February, 1866. 



special entertainments, at which he waited himself on the younger 

 children, after feasting- the adults. Free smoking assisted the good 

 humor, when tobacco, as well as other articles, including desiccated 

 vegetables, were drawai from the stores taken out with him from the 

 United States. To leave no exception from his invitations, he urged 

 old mother Ook-har-Ioo to release Too-koo-li-too from the iron custom 

 which was working against her at the time. The favor was granted, 

 but Too-koo-li-too, from superstitious fear, declined to avail herself of 

 the dispensation. Her babe, born September 16, was, in her judgment, 

 yet too young. 



Amusements necessarily formed a large part of the occupations of 

 the village. Wrestling and otl^^er gymnastic exercises were not only 

 much relished, Init instinctively practiced with frequency, to maintain 

 that muscular power of which the race were in conscious need for 

 their success and personal safety in the hunt and in severe exposures. 



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ti;iht-r<.pc was in use, stretched witliin the ifjloo by tliongs of wal- 

 lii<l«\ which, with some skill, were securely fastened on the outside 

 i<- ronf. (iaiijcs of clicckcrs and rlominoes were often interrupted 



