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Indian Games is described as an historical research by Andrew McFarland Davis. Father Brebeuf, in his account of what was worthy of note among the Hurons in 1636, says there are three kinds of games particularly in vogue with this people: cross, platter, and straw. A passage says the favorite game of ball of the North American Indians, known as lacrosse, was potent as a remedial exercise or superstitious rite to cure diseases and avert disaster. A description of lacrosse says the number of players on the opposing sides should be equal, with regular stations assigned in the rules for twelve on each side.
A passage on counting straws says they would rapidly separate the straws into parcels numbering ten each and determine from the fractional remainders who had the odd number. Hennepin says the children play with bows and with two sticks, one large and one small. The young Choctaws, according to Romans, engaged in wrestling, running, heaving and lifting great weights and playing ball.
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