paw-kaw-do-way

Updated: May 23, 2025

The larger boys used to amuse themselves by playing a ball called Paw-kaw-do-way, foot- racing, wrestling, bow-arrow shooting, and trying to beat one another shooting the greatest number of chipmunks and squirrels in a day, etc. I never heard any boy or any grown person utter any bad language, even if they were out of patience with anything.

Andrew J. Blackbird - History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan : A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author