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the diftance between the polls is half a league: 

 The players are divided into two companies who 

 have each their own poft, and the bufinefs is to 

 tofs the ball to that of the oppofite party, without 

 iuffering it to fall to the ground or without touch- 

 ing it with the hand for if either happen the 

 party is loft •, at leaft except he who is in the fault 

 can repair it, by driving the ball to the end with 

 one fmgle ftroke, which is often impoffible. Thefe 

 Indians are fo dexterous at catching the ball with 

 their crofTees, that fometimes a party lafts feveral 

 days running. 



The fecond game is pretty much like this, but 

 not fo dangerous. Two boundaries are marked 

 out as in the firft, and the players occupy all the 

 fpace which is between the two. He who is to be- 

 gin tofles a ball up into the air, as nearly perpen- 

 dicular as poffible, to the end he may catch it again 

 with the greater eafe, in order to throw it towards 

 the boundary. All the reft ftand ready with their 

 hands lifted, and he who catches the ball either 

 performs the fame thing, or throws it to fome one 

 of his own company, whom he judges more alert 

 and dexterous than himfelf ; for in order to win the 

 party the ball muft never be fuffered to fall into the 

 hands of any of the adverfaries, before it reaches 

 the boundary. The women alfo play at this 

 "game, but this rarely happens; their companies 

 c'ohfift of four or five, and the firft who lets fall the 

 ball lofts the party. 



The Poutewatamies have here a chief and an orar 

 tor, who are perfons of worth. The firft who is 

 called Piremon is upwards of fixty, very prudent 

 in his conduct, and capable of giving very good 

 advice j the fecond whofe name is Wilamek is 



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