APPENDIX 
RUNNING RACES 
For purposes of comparison with the kicked-stick or ball race, and 
in order not to lose sight of the fact that the ball race is not the only 
form of race game practised by the Indian, the writer has inserted 
the following collection of data in this appendix, confining the body 
of the text exclusively to games in which implements are employed. 
ALGONQUIAN STOCK 
Misstsauca. New Credit, Ontario. 
Rey. Peter Jones @ says: 
Foot races, in which they show much swiftness, are common among them. 
Rice lake, Ontario. 
G. Copway ” says: 
Foot racing is much practised, mostly, however, by the young people. Thus 
in early life they acquire an elasticity of limb as well as health of body which 
are of priceless value to them in subsequent years. 
ATHAPASCAN STOCK 
Apacub (Mescauero). Fort Sumner, New Mexico. 
Maj. John C. Cremony ¢ says: 
Racing on foot is another diversion frequently resorted to by the active, restless ~ 
Indians, and the women generally manage to carry off the palm, provided the 
distance is not too great. The officers at the post offered a number of prizes to 
be competed for, the fastest runner to take the prize apportioned to the distance 
for which it was offered. The longest race was half a mile, the next a quar- 
ter, the third 800 yards, and the fourth 100. It was open for men under 40 
years of age and over 15, and for girls from 15 up to 25. About a hundred 
Apaches and Navajoes entered for the prizes, and practiced every day for a 
week. At the appointed time everybody in camp assembled to witness the con- 
test. Among the competitors was the Apache girl, Ish-kay-nay, a clean-limbed, 
handsome girl of 17, who had always refused marriage, and she was the favorite 
among the whites. Each runner was tightly girded with a broad belt, and 
“History of the Ojebway Indians, p. 134, London, 1861. 
>The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation, p. 58, 
joston, 1851. 
¢ Life Among the Apaches, p. 304, San Francisco, 1868. 
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