 | Ontario Archaeological Museum (Toronto) - Canada - 1914 - 364 pages
...it a prominent place in iheir wonderful mythology. The Aurora Borealis is supposed to be Wa-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wabanaki it was played by...as men, but, with few exceptions, never at the same lime and place, as hunters and warriors played ball to gain muscular power, to stimulate their prowess... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1915 - 926 pages
...it a prominent place in iheir wonderful mythology. The Aurora Borealis is supposed to be Wa-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wabanaki it was played by women as well as men, but, with few exception.-:, never at the same time and place, as hunters and warriors played ball to gain muscular... | |
 | Stewart Culin - Games & Activities - 1992 - 514 pages
...wonderful mythology. The Aurora Borealis Is supposed tobe Wä-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wiihtuinkl it was played by women as well as men, but, with few...number engaged in the game. Each held a stick called e-bes-qua-mo'gan-a-tok. This was made of some flexible wood, about 3 feet in length, crooked to three-fourths... | |
 | James Bruchac, Joseph Bruchac - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2000 - 100 pages
...it a prominent place in their wonderful mythology. The Aurora Borealis is supposed to be Wa-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wabanaki it was played by women as well as men" ("Some Indoor and Outdoor Games of the Wabanaki Indians," Proceedings and Transactions. Ottawa: Royal... | |
 | 1907 - 946 pages
...It a prominent place In their wonderful mythology- The Aurora Borealis Is supposed to be Wa-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wabanaki it was played by...in a circle, proportionate to the number engaged in tingame. Each held a stick called e-bes-qua-mo'gan-a-tok. This was made of some flexible wood, about... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - America - 1907 - 964 pages
...it a prominent place in their wonderful mythology. The Aurora Borealis is supposed to be Wa-ba-banal playing ball. Among the Wabanaki it was played by...to gain muscular power, to stimulate their prowess, aud to augment their fleetness of foot. The players formed in a circle, proportionate to the number... | |
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... E-bes-qua-mo'gan, or game of ball, seems to have been the most popular and universal of the outdoor games, and played by all North American tribes. Their legends are more or less Indebted to it. Tradition gives It a prominent place In their wonderful... 