Show JOSSA KEENS EXPLOITS A clr example of forsi wager paul beaulieu an ojibway of blood pres i out interpreter at white barth agency gave ne iiii with it at leech like about the year 1858 the reports of ances reached the agency anti As beaulieu liml no 12 anih itt thet jug glens he offered to wager 1 I oa a birge suni then and there a goods of juggler could not perform dorily one of the hii heffy tory to be selected by him uta U ilea in the presence of gasell 11 rud the wager aras alt tte to be X medicine medi pine illge ra et four strong poles were pl ante al deep in the gront Ld rising to an elevation of sit just ten or twelve feet one bf hav aag i the bran chea and a erttle beyond its fellows alis heing di indication of A Jossa keet A distinguished from a sleds lodge T e interior diameter was lesa ur feel fhe frame abich was inclined to the center haq then foiled in with intertwined twigs abid cov ered with blanke ts and birch bark from the grohne to abe top leavi g an a meter open for the ingress and egress of P in an of the objects to be mention b t enough for th e eo a dian a body at A t one ai e 0 f the bottom drappi 1 ng a was ith for the of the or shaman A comsee cittee of twelve wa s selected select kd id that no communization was possible between the aad aerates these twelve men were re liable people one of them being the E pi clergyman of the meaer the spectators were bover al hundred inn in n umber but stoa WE not being allowed to approach at the then removed his clothing until nothing remained his but abd tbd breech rn oth B then took a rope of ts own selection for the purpose aud first tied and knotted one end about the ankles the knees were then secure Ir vied together next the wrists afeei biah ibe arms were passed over ahe knees and a billet of wood amaer under the ania thus and kc ing ther arms down rope was then passed around the neck a i and again each time tied aad k so as to bring the faey down upon the knees A bit brer stone of black color which 1514 the canedo or amlize t was left lying upon his thi be carriea the was then to the lodge placed inside upon a anat on the ground flap cover tag restored so wo completely bide him from view immediately loua thumping bolm were heard cork began to way from side to eide with great violence whereupon tho clergyman remarked that this was tho work of the evil one and it wits no for him an he left and did not see the end after a few of violent movements and GwAy illg of the lodge by loud inarticulate the tao tion gradually ceased when the voice af the juggler was heard t e 11 ing beaullieu Beaul liu to go to the house a friend near by and get the rope now beaulieu suspecting some joke was to ed upon hirn direct ed the not to permit any one to approach while be went for the rope which he found at the place still tied exactly as he harl placed it about the neck and extremities of the he immediately returned laid it down before the nd requested of the jos 11 was granted but the bet beaulieu was not to touch ut waft the was pulled aside LM the lodge dawki mg 11 pi pe with no other object in eight than the black stone of canedo beaulieu paid his wager of |