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Omaha boys take the tough jointed grass & pull apart the sections making arrows of them & then shoot at every small game.

The wild rye when green forms a thread on which they string raspberries & share [[?]] to give to their little sweethearts.  The earliest finds are the most valued.

The grass which is sharp at one end the women make up into brooms, the children use the blades in play & the pointed ends catch in their clothes & having like arrows.

Shewing gum a great favorite with the girls & women - a [[?]] colors it red - the more it is chewed the brighter the color.  When not used stuck in a lump on the tent pole, like a mast.