[Y] Pronounced Ray-mne-chah--The village of the Mountains, situate where
Red Wing now stands.
[Z] Sacred Dance--The Medicine-dance--See description _infra._
THE FOOT RACES.
On an arm of an oak hangs the prize
for the swiftest and strongest of runners--
A blanket as red as the skies,
when the flames sweep the plains in October.
And beside it a strong, polished bow,
and a quiver of iron-tipped arrows,
Which _Kapoza's_ tall chief will bestow
on the fleet-footed second that follows.
A score of swift runners are there
from the several bands of the nation,
And now for the race they prepare,
and among them fleet-footed Tamdoka.
With the oil of the buck and the bear
their sinewy limbs are annointed,
For fleet are the feet of the deer
and strong are the limbs of the bruin.
Hark!--the shouts and the braying of drums,
and the Babel of tongues and confusion!
From his _teepee_ the tall chieftain comes,
and DuLuth brings a prize for the runners--
A keen hunting-knife from the Seine,
horn-handled and mounted with silver.
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