“Skilled was he in sports and pastimes,
In the merry dance of snow shoes,
In the play of quoits and ball play;
Skilled was he in games of hazard,
In all games of skill and hazard,
Pugasing, the Bowl and Counters,
Kuntassor, the Game of Plum Stones.”
Hiawatha.
When the braves and squaws have grown hungry, the kettle of steaming “venison” should be brought in, and the whole tribe sits down around it. It is not really venison, but stewed chicken, which the “tribe” probably prefers to venison, and with it are passed hot cornbread and ears of corn. Berries may be served in birch bark dishes, and little birch bark canoes are good for souvenirs.
