But the men were usually very athletic.

Wrestling competitions were almost universal, especially as a means of winning a wife.

The conqueror in a wrestling match took the wife or wives of the defeated man.

Their running powers for endurance and speed became justly celebrated.
"Their principal and most inveterate game is that of the hoop," writes Alexander Henry, sen., "which proves as ruinous to them as the platter does to the Saulteurs (Ojibwe)." This game was played in the following manner.

A hoop was made about two feet in diameter, nearly covered with dressed leather, and trimmed with quillwork, feathers, bits of metal, and other trinkets, on which were certain particular marks.