Word: pontiac
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...told that the ball was sometimes kept from striking the ground during the whole contention. The old writers lay special stress upon the fact that this game tended to increase the power of self-control; that it was thought to be excellent mental training. In June, 1763, the great Pontiac assembled the Chippewas and Sacs at Fort Mackinaw to have a game of baggatiway; of course every one attended, from the commandant to the lowest corporal, when, in the midst of the game, the Indians turned upon the whites and butchered nearly the whole assemblage. Thus baggatiway or lacrosse...