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52 chase. - Prepared for the game they sally forth to the appointed ground with loud whoops? of defiance to their opponents, & headed by the chief, who seldom takes a part in the game, it being thought beneath his dignity except on extraordinary occasions so far to relax the stateliness of his deportment. As? they march along with stately & unencumbered step they seem so many monarchs of the soil they tread. Their blankets worn like regal robes, their heads with crowns seem clad, Their forms of classic purity & motion free as air - Arrived at the point where the game is to begin & where the judges, who are the old men & chiefs, are assembled, the various articles to be contended for are arranged, if of convenient size they are strung upon a pole and erected in the