CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



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combination of the sides which lie uppermost after they have fallen, determines the 

 count of the throw. 



The players sit opposite one another, and, if several are playing, in two rows facing 

 each other. Each individual bets with the woman opposite to her. Each player is 

 provided with eight sticks, which represent the points which she must gain or lose 

 to win or lose the game. When a player has won all the sticks belonging to her 

 opponent she has won the game and the stake. 



There are several combinations of marks and blanks which count nothing for or 

 against the player making the throw, except that she loses ber chance to make 

 another throw. Others entitle the thrower to receive one, three, or even all 

 eight sticks, and each throw that counts anything entitles the i)layer to another 

 throw. All the players on the side of the thrower, i. e., in the same row, win or 

 lose from those opposite to them as the thrower wins or loses. If tlie person making 

 the hrst throw casts a blank, she passes the basket to the one sitting next her; if 

 tuis one makes a throw that counts, she has another and another, until she throws a 



Fig. 15. 



BASKET FOR DICE GAME. 



Diameter at top, 8| inches. 

 Cheyenne Indians, Indian Territory. 



Cat. No. 152803, U.S.N. M. 



blank, when the basket passes on. When the basket reaches the end of the line, it 

 is handed across to the woman at the end of the opposite row, and in the same way 

 travels down the opposite line. 



In making the throw the basket is raised only a little way, and the stones tossed 

 only a few inches high. Before they fall tlie basket is brought smartly down to the 

 ground, against which it strikes with some little noise. Some of the throws are 

 given below, the sides of the seeds being designated by their marks : 



2 blanks, 2 bears, and 1 cross count nothing. 



4 blanks and 1 bear count nothing. 



5 blanks count 1 point; thrower takes 1 stick. 



3 blanks and 2 bears count 1 point; thrower takes 1 stick. 



1 blank, 2 bears, and 2 crosses count 1 point; thrower takes 1 stick. 



2 blanks and 3 crosses count 3 points; thrower takes 3 sticks. 



2 bears and 3 crosses count 8 points; thrower takes 8 sticks, and wins the game. 



The women do not sing at this game, but they chatter and joke continually as the 

 play goes on. 



