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of the dance, two or three notes perpetually repeated, varying little in measure, Seated at the door of the lodge while their companions & voyageurs are grouped around a they commence their drumming & after a few moments one of their number issues from the tent attired somewhat in the costume used in the ball-play, & with a war club tomahawk or other war-like instrument in his hand. With grunts & wild cries he places himself in crossed out - the an attitude which resembles more a wild animal about to spring on its prey than anything I can recall, & dances, or rather performs a succession of jumps, stamps & hops, on both feet or on one, thrusting his head out & in & grimacing in a wild & malicious manner, evidently giving great delight to his friends & unclear to himself in