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Curprewa. Wisconsin. 
Prof I. I. Ducatel* says: 
The only play observed among the girls is the pahpahjekahwewog, a sort of 
substitute for our “ graces,” which simply consists in catching with two sticks a 
twine loaded at each end with a ball. 
— Michigan. 
Baraga ? gives the following definitions: 
Passikawein, Indian women’s play corresponding to the Indian ball play 
which is played by men only; passikawan, the stick or rod used by the squaws 
in playing their play. 
Apostle islands, Wisconsin. 
J. G. Kohl ¢ says: 
Another description of ball play, especially practiced by the women, is what is 
ealled the * papassi kawan,” which means, literally, * the throwing game.” It is 
played by two large bands, who collect round two opposite poles, and try to 
throw the object over their opponents’ pole. In place of a ball they have two 
Fig. 850. Fig. 851. Fig. 852. 
Fic. 850. Double balls; diameter of balls, 3 inches; Cheyenne Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. §%, 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Fic. 851. Double billets; length of billets, 3; inches: Chippewa Indians, Bear island, Leech lake, 
Minnesota; cat. no. ;?$5, American Museum of Natural History. 
Fia. 852. Double billets; length of billets, 41 inches; Chippewa Indians, Bear island, Leech lake, 
Minnesota; cat. no. 7$3;, American Museum of Natural History. 
leathern bags filled with sand, and attached by a thong. They throw them in 
the air by means of a staff excellently shaped for the purpose, and catch it 
again very cleverly. The stick is sharp and slightly bent at the end, and 
adorned like the raquets. I once saw a very neat model of these instruments 
for the women’s throwing game suspended to the cradle of a little girl. 
Bear island, Leech lake, Minnesota. (American Museum of 
Natural History. ) 
Cat. no. 72$;. The wooden billets (figure 851), each 3% inches in 
length, tied together with a cord of lin bark. The ends of the 
billets are painted red. 
«A Portnight Among the Chippewas. ‘The Indian Miscellany, p. 368, Albany, 1877. 
+A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Cincinnati, 1853. 
¢ Kitchi-Gami, Wanderings round Lake Superior, p. 90, London, 1860. 
