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Clxxxii. ] Football is found at the north. Ogilby [Footnote: Ogilby, Book II, Chap. II, p. 156. See also Smith's Narrative, p. 77. ] says: "Theirgoals are a mile long placed on the sands, which are as even as aboard; their ball is no bigger than a hand ball, which sometimes theymount in the air with their naked feet, sometimes it is swayed by themultitude, sometimes also it is two days before they get a goal, thenthey mark the ground they win, and begin there the next day. Beforethey come to th...is sport they paint themselves, even as when they go towar. " At the south it was "likewise a favorite manly diversion withthem. " [Footnote: Bartram, p. 509. ] Certain forms of ball-play which were neither lacrosse nor chunkee, butwhich resembled these games were found in different localities. Such forinstance is the game which Catlin [Footnote: Vol. II, p. 146. ] sawplayed by the Sioux women. Two balls were connected with a string a footand a half long. Each woman was armed with a stick. They were dividedinto equal sides.
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