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  INDIAN 
  JUGGLERY. 
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  $100, 
  a 
  large 
  sum, 
  then 
  and 
  there, 
  against 
  goods 
  of 
  equal 
  value, 
  that 
  the 
  juggler 
  

   could 
  not 
  perform 
  satisfactorily 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tricks 
  of 
  his 
  repertoire 
  to 
  be 
  selected 
  by 
  

   him 
  (Beaulieu) 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  himself 
  and 
  a 
  committee 
  of 
  his 
  friends. 
  The 
  

   Jessakkan 
  — 
  or 
  Jes 
  sakkld 
  loilgt 
  — 
  was 
  then 
  erected. 
  The 
  framework 
  of 
  vertical 
  

   poles, 
  inclined 
  to 
  the 
  center, 
  was 
  tilled 
  in 
  with 
  interlaced 
  twigs 
  covered 
  with 
  blank- 
  

   ets 
  and 
  birch-bark 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  top, 
  leaving 
  an 
  upper 
  orifice 
  of 
  about 
  a 
  

   foot 
  in 
  diameter 
  for 
  the 
  ingress 
  and 
  egress 
  of 
  spirits 
  and 
  the 
  objects 
  to 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  but 
  not 
  large 
  enough 
  for 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  a 
  man's 
  body. 
  At 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   lower 
  wrapping 
  a 
  flap 
  was 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid'. 
  

  

  A 
  committee 
  of 
  twelve 
  was 
  selected 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  no 
  communication 
  was 
  possible 
  

   be! 
  ween 
  the 
  Jes 
  sakkld 
  and 
  confederates. 
  These 
  were 
  reliable 
  people, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  

   the 
  Episcopal 
  clergyman 
  of 
  the 
  reservation. 
  The 
  spectators 
  were 
  several 
  hundred 
  

   in 
  number, 
  but 
  they 
  stood 
  off. 
  not 
  being 
  allowed 
  to 
  approach. 
  

  

  The 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  then 
  removed 
  his 
  clothing, 
  until 
  nothing 
  remained 
  but 
  the 
  

   breech-cloth. 
  Beaulieu 
  took 
  a 
  rope 
  (selected 
  by 
  himself 
  for 
  the 
  purpose) 
  and 
  first 
  

   tied 
  and 
  knotted 
  one 
  end 
  about 
  the 
  juggler's 
  ankles 
  : 
  his 
  knees 
  were 
  then 
  securely 
  

   tied 
  together, 
  next 
  the 
  wrists, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  arms 
  were 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  knees 
  and 
  

   a 
  billet 
  of 
  wood 
  passed 
  through 
  under 
  the 
  knees, 
  thus 
  securing 
  and 
  keeping 
  the 
  arms 
  

   down 
  motionless. 
  The 
  rope 
  was 
  then 
  passed 
  around 
  the 
  neck, 
  again 
  and 
  again, 
  

   each 
  time 
  tied 
  and 
  knotted, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  face 
  down 
  upon 
  the 
  knees. 
  A 
  flat 
  

   river-stone, 
  of 
  black 
  color 
  — 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  Jes 
  sakkld 
  "s 
  ma'nidd 
  or 
  amulet 
  — 
  was 
  left 
  

   lying 
  upon 
  his 
  thighs. 
  

  

  The 
  Jes'sakkid' 
  was 
  then 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  lodge 
  and 
  placed 
  inside 
  upon 
  a 
  mat 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  the 
  flap 
  covering 
  was 
  restored 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  completely 
  bide 
  him 
  from 
  view. 
  

  

  Immediately 
  loud, 
  thumping 
  noises 
  were 
  heard, 
  and 
  the 
  framework 
  began 
  to 
  

   sway 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side 
  with 
  great 
  violence 
  ; 
  whereupon 
  the 
  clergyman 
  remarked 
  

   that 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Evil 
  One 
  and 
  ' 
  it 
  was 
  no 
  place 
  for 
  him.' 
  so 
  he 
  left 
  

   and 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  the 
  end. 
  After 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  of 
  violent 
  movements 
  and 
  swayings 
  

   of 
  the 
  lodge 
  accompanied 
  by 
  loud 
  inarticulate 
  noises, 
  the 
  motions 
  gradually 
  ceased 
  

   when 
  the 
  voice 
  of 
  the 
  juggler 
  was 
  heard, 
  telling 
  Beaulieu 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  a 
  

   friend, 
  near 
  by. 
  and 
  get 
  the 
  "Tope. 
  Now. 
  Beaulieu. 
  suspecting 
  some 
  joke 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  

   played 
  upon 
  him, 
  directed 
  the 
  committee 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  careful 
  not 
  to 
  permit 
  any 
  one 
  

   to 
  approach 
  while 
  he 
  went 
  for 
  the 
  rope, 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  indicated, 
  still 
  

   tied 
  exactly 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  placed 
  it 
  about 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  Jes'sakkid'. 
  

   He 
  immediateilly 
  returned. 
  laid 
  it 
  down 
  before 
  the 
  spectators, 
  and 
  requested 
  of 
  the 
  

   Jess 
  akkld' 
  to 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  look 
  at 
  him, 
  which 
  was 
  granted, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  under- 
  

   standing 
  that 
  Beaulieu 
  was 
  not 
  to 
  touch 
  him. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  covering 
  was 
  pulled 
  aside, 
  the 
  Jes 
  sakkld' 
  sat 
  within 
  the 
  lodge, 
  con- 
  

   tentedly 
  smoking 
  his 
  pipe, 
  with 
  no 
  other 
  object 
  in 
  sight 
  than 
  the 
  black 
  stone 
  man- 
  

   ido. 
  Beaulieu 
  paid 
  his 
  wager 
  of 
  $100. 
  

  

  An 
  exhibition 
  of 
  similar 
  pretended 
  [lowers, 
  also 
  for 
  a 
  wager, 
  was 
  announced 
  a 
  

   short 
  time 
  after, 
  at 
  Yellow 
  Medicine, 
  Minnesota, 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  Army 
  people, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  threat 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Medicine 
  Man 
  of 
  the 
  Leech 
  

   Lake 
  bands, 
  who 
  probably 
  objected 
  to 
  interference 
  with 
  his 
  lucrative 
  monopoly, 
  the 
  

   event 
  did 
  not 
  take 
  place 
  and 
  bets 
  were 
  declared 
  off. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Mallery 
  obtained 
  further 
  information 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  kind 
  from 
  

   various 
  persons 
  on 
  the 
  Bad 
  River 
  Reservation, 
  and 
  at 
  Bayfield, 
  Wis- 
  

   consin. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  he 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  mere 
  variants 
  of 
  a 
  class 
  of 
  

   performances 
  which 
  were 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  colonists 
  of 
  New 
  England 
  

   and 
  the 
  first 
  French 
  missionaries 
  in 
  Canada 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1613, 
  where 
  

   the 
  general 
  designation 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Sorcerers 
  " 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  

   body 
  of 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  Ottawa 
  River. 
  These 
  reports, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  

  

  