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tliey can bold this one, wliicli they know by feeling a trifle longer than 

 the others. They often keep tally with small sticks 3 or 4 inches long 

 and about the size of a lead-pencil. But if they can they use the bones 

 of birds' legs of about equal size. Each one keeps tally for herself It 

 is seldom that I have seen this game played, as the women have so 

 much to do they have less time at their disposal than the men. They 

 can make mats and baskets on rainy days. 



(4) In addition to this a cousiderable number of the men have 

 learned to play cards on wliich they bet considerable amounts. This, 

 as yet, is the only mode of civilized (?) gambling which they have 

 learned. 



FIELD SPORTS AND FESTIVE GAMES. 



Dancing. — This is usually a religious performance. It is, however, 

 sometimes practiced for mere sport, and I have seen them thus dance 

 until exhausted by their laughing and eftbrts. 



Horse-racing. — As far as I know the Klallams have none of this, but 

 a few times during each year the Twanas engage in it. It is usually 

 conducted after the manner of the whites as far as they can do so. 



Shooting. — A iield sport which is now entirely out of date was the 

 shooting of arrows, the object being to see who could shoot the farthest, 

 and large bets were made. The winning arrow would sell for a large 

 price. 



Children's plays. — Indian children, like white children, have their own 

 special plays, and also imitate the ways of their superiors. Among the 

 former are ball, shuttle cock, shinny, and a native game in which there 

 are two parties. One side holds some article, while a person from the 

 other side advances to get it. The members of first side say all the 

 funny things they can, and the opposite can not have the article unless 

 their representative can get it without laughing. 



In games of imitation they go through all the motions of gambling 

 and tamanous, and these seem to be the principal ways in which they 

 mock the older Indians. 



In imitating whites they sometimes have several post-ofQces a short 

 distance from each other, with as many postmasters, and a mail carrier 

 who carries bits of paper from one to the other, or they will hold a 

 council in remembrance of the time when some distinguished person 

 from Washington has been here, when they will make speeches, have 

 an interpreter, and all things in regular order. Again it will occa- 

 sionally be a church, while they go through with the services, or a court 

 with judge, jury, lawyers, witnesses, and a criminal. An odd occur- 

 rence took place at one of these mock courts some time ago which 

 happened to be overheard by their teacher. A boy was on trial for 

 drunkenness. When the proper time came the criminal arose and said 

 substantially as follows: " Gentlemen, I am a poor man and not able 

 to employ a lawyer, so I must plead my own case. The court has been 



