Indian Games : an historical research
Indian Games : an historical research

Author: Andrew McFarland Davis

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13:

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Journey into the rich history of Native American games in this detailed exploration by Davis. From traditional dice games to communal activities, discover the cultural significance and historical roots of these pastimes. This book offers a unique perspective on the leisure activities of indigenous tribes and their impact on society.

Indian Games
Indian Games

Author: McFarland Davis

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-12-03

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781503265028

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"[...]distance apart at which the goals are set. Henry, in his account of the game at Michilimackinac says "they are at a considerable distance from each other, as a mile or more." Charlevoix places the goals in a game with eighty players at "half a league apart" meaning probably half a mile. LaHontan estimates the distance between the goals at "five or six hundred paces." Adair, [Footnote: Henry, p. 78 Chulevoix Vol. III, p. 319, Kane's Wanderings, p. 189, LaHontan, Vol. II, p. 113; Adair, p. 400.] who is an intelligent writer, and who was thoroughly conversant with the habits and customs of the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chicasaws estimates the length of the field at "five hundred yards," while Romans [Footnote: A concise Natural History of East and West Florida, by Capt Bernard Romans New York, 1770, p. 79.] in describing the goals uses [...]"

Indian Games
Indian Games

Author: McFarland Andrew Davis

Publisher: IndyPublish.com

Published: 2006-10-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781428036758

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Indian Games
Indian Games

Author: Andrew McFarland Davis

Publisher: 1st World Publishing

Published: 2004-12

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781595406040

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "There are," says Father Brebeuf in his account of what was worthy of note among the Hurons in 1636, [Footnote: Relations des Jesuites, Quebec, 1858, p. 113.] "three kinds of games particularly in vogue with this people; cross, platter, and straw. The first two are, they say, supreme for the health. Does not that excite our pity? Lo, a poor sick person, whose body is hot with fever, whose soul foresees the end of his days, and a miserable sorcerer orders for him as the only cooling remedy, a game of cross. Sometimes it is the invalid himself who may perhaps have dreamed that he will die unless the country engages in a game of cross for his health. Then, if he has ever so little credit, you will see those who can best play at cross arrayed, village against village, in a beautiful field, and to increase the excitement, they will wager with each other their beaver skins and their necklaces of porcelain beads." "Sometimes also one of their medicine men will say that the whole country is ill and that a game of cross is needed for its cure. It is not necessary to say more. The news incontinently spreads everywhere. The chiefs in each village give orders that all the youths shall do their duty in this respect, otherwise some great calamity will overtake the country."