Word: baggataway
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...named by French explorers, after a fancied resemblance between a baggataway stick and a bishop's crosier...
...Iroquois game of baggataway was a brutal pastime with one main object: to get the braves toughened up for the warpath. Squaws standing on the sidelines with switches whipped any laggards into mauling activity. Nowadays, with a few genteel refinements such as padded gloves and helmets, the Iroquois' old game is known as lacrosse...
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