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194 t94 SPANIABJ>S EKTBSBTAniir NATTVES. why triavail, they are out of the pale, being the whale that swallowed U. S. head and tail, but will it prevail? It's not an estate tail; future will tell the tale, emi- nent domain may avail, to take on forced sale, but better to sail over Ita own rail, built by the ijeople's bail. It is the second day or our exploring party's so- journ at Manhattan; they are being feted so magnifi- cently by Chief Tatarrax and his sub-chief and war- riors as well as by all the people, that Coronado, Alonso and Jaramillo hold a council for the purpose of instituting something to entertain the people, and after due deliberation it is concluded to hold a tourn- ament and joust. At any time and to any people this sport always met the acclaim and approval of those witnessing the chivalric, popular and dangerous pas- time. Kemember this is 1541, so take your mmd back to that time to picture the custom as prevailed then, for now it would appear brutal; but comparing it to American f ootbaU playing, there was Uttle difference in the possibility of being injured. Of course, you all realize how anxious the average young man is to be in the team, and the fact that there is danger whets his desire for the fray, and it was likewise with the mailed knights of 367 years ago: so when the com- mander suggested the tournament it struck the other two very favorably. Then Alonso further recom- mended the winding up of the entertainment with a joust. This was acquiesced in by the others. Eight here some authorities have to be examined to be sure of the ground which is being trodden, for although