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Show HlO JOUHNAL OF A VOYA(;J.:: n.o n. ,· t tll'~'Y required till to-morrow to consider of iL; thi 0 1 ° afternoon they had a great game of the cross o~ t 1e pral· ric between the Sioux on the one side, and the I uants and R~ rnards on the other. The ball is made of some l~ard su~stancc and covered with leather' the cross stiCks arc round and net work, with handles of three feet long. The parties being ready, and b ts agreed upon, (son~c~ times to the amount of some thousand dollars) t~1c g,o,als are set up on th prairie at the distance of half a 11111~. 1 he ball is thrown up in the middl , and each party stnveso to drive it to the opposite goal ; and when cith r party gams the fir t rubber, which is driving it quick round the post, the ball is again taken to the centre, the ground chaongcd, and the con~est renewed ; and this is continued u~til oone side gains four times, which decides the bet. It 1s an Ill· tcresting sight to sec two or three hundred nal~ed savages contending on the plain who shall bear o!l the pal~1 of victory ; as he who drives the ball round t~e goal1s 111uch shouted at by his companions. It sometuncs h~ppcns that one catches the ball in his racket, and dcpcndmg on his speed endeavors to carry it to the goal, and. wh.en he finds himself too closely pursued, he hurls 1t With great force and dcxten·t y to an amaz1·~ g dI'S t ance, whe.r e there arc always flankers of both part1cs ready to rece1ve it · it seldom touches the ground, but is sometimes kept ' . in the air for hours before either party can gain the victory. In the game which I witnessed, the Sioux were victorious, 1norc I believe, frmn the superiority of their skill in throw· ing the ball, than by their swiftness, for l thought t~e Puants and Reynards the swiftest runners. I n1ade a wnt· ten demand of the magistrates to take depositions c~n· cerning the late murders.t I-Iad a private convcrsanon with Wabasha. t See appendix to part I. (No. u1 page 2.6. t See appendix to part I. lNo. l3J page 2.9. TO TIJE SOURCES OF TliE i\liSS IS. TJ>f1 T. 101 2 I.rt April, Monday.-Was sent for by La Fcuillc, and had a long and interesting conversation with him, in which he spoke of the general jealousy of his nation towards their chiefs ; and that although he ktww it might occasion some of the Sinux displeasure, he did not' hesitate to declare that he looked on theN cz Corbeau, as the man of most sense in their nation ; and that he believed it would be generally acceptable if he was rein 'tated in his rank. Upon my return I was sent for by the R ed Thunder ~I_1ief of the Yanctongs, the most sa vagc band of tht: Swux. He was prepared with the most elegant pipes and robes I ever saw; and shortly he declared, " That white " blood had never been shed in the village of the Yanc" tongs, even when rum was permitted ; that Mr. Mur:: doc.h ~ame:on arrived at his. village last autumn; that he lllVltcd hrm to cat, gave h11n corn as a bird · that he " (C ameron ) m. rw rmed h1. m of the prohibition ' of rum " a~ld was the only person who afterwards sold it in the " vrllagc." After this I had a council with the Puants. Spent the evening with Mr. Wilmot, one of the best informed and most gentlemanly man in the place. 22d April, Tuesday.-I-Ield a council with the Sioux and Puants, the latter of whom delivered up their mcdab. and flags. Prepared to depart tomorrow. . 23d April, J!Vednesday.-After closing my accounts &c. at half past 12 o'clock left the prairie at the lowe; end of it 1 d ' was sa utc by 17 lodges of the Puants. Met a barge b h' h h ' Y w Ic I received a letter from n1y lady Fur-t er on t b · d ' me one attcaux and one canoe of traders. Pas-se one trade ' · , 1 k , . r s camp. An·IVed at Mr. Dubuque's at 10 o c oc at n·ght [; l t . 1 , ounc some traders encamped at the en-ranee With 40 or 50 I d' b . fJr om Mr D and n mnds , ho. tamed some information p ·, . . requcste Im to write me on certain omts. After we had boiled our victuals, I divided my |