Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 199
GCOSTUME. LA CROSSE COSTUME. ply paint in fancy patterns, moccasins, anda girdle of red flannel. But how they could run ! I did not suppose anything on two legscould go so fast. The la crosse costumeswere bright and attractive. The leaderof one side wore a shirt of soft, tannedbuckskin, bead-work… … The grounds extended about a mile in length.The ball was the size of a common base-ball, andfelt almost as solid as a rock, the center beingof lead. The shape of the Indian la crosse stickis shown in the sketch. Then came games on horseback. But the mostinteresting performance of the whole day, and…
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