CULIN] RACKET: CHIPPEWA 565 
the field. As soon as it descends it is caught with the ball stick by one of the 
players, when he immediately sets out at full speed towards the opposite goal. 
If too closely pursued, or if intercepted by an opponent, he throws the ball in the 
direction of one of Lis own side, who takes up the race. 
The usual method of depriving the player of the ball is to strike the handle of 
the ball stick so as to dislodge the ball; but this is frequently a difficult matter 
on account of a peculiar horizontal motion of the ball stick maintained by the 
runner. Frequently the ball carrier is disabled by being struck across the arm 
or leg, thus compelling his retirement. Severe injuries occur only when playing 
for high stakes or when ill-feeling exists between some of the players. 
Should the ball carrier of one side reach the opposite goal, it is necessary for 
him to throw the ball so that it touches the post. This is always a difficult 
matter, because even if the ball be well directed, one of the numerous players 
surrounding the post as guards may intercept it and throw it back into the field. 
In this manner a single inning may be continued for an hour or more. The 
game may come to a close at the end of an inning by mutual agreement of the 
players, that side winning the greater number of scores being declared victor. 
The ball used in this game is made by wrapping thin strands of buckskin and 
covering the whole with a piece of the same. It is about the size of a baseball, 
though not so heavy. 
The stick is of the same pattern as that used at the beginning of the present 
century by the Mississaugas, the Ojibwa of the eagle totem of the Province of 
Ontario. 
Fig. 749. Racket: length, 26 inches; Chippewa Indians, Bear island, Leech lake, Minnesota; 
cat. no. 7835, American Museum of Natural History. 
Cuiprewa. Bear island, Leech lake, Minnesota. (Cat. no. ;2%;, 
American Museum of Natural History.) 
Racket (figure 749) made of a sapling 26 inches in length, curved at 
the striking end to form a hoop, netted with buckskin thongs. 
Collected by Dr William Jones in 1903. 
FiG. 750. Racket; length, 34 inches; Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; cat. no. 22160, Free Museunr 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
—— Wisconsin. (Cat. no. 22160, Free Museum of Science and 
Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Racket (figure 750), a sapling cut and curved to form an oval hoop 
at the striking end, lashed at the end, and crossed by two thongs, 
which are intertwined, but not knotted, in the middle; length, 
34 inches. Collected by Mr T. R. Roddy. 
