CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



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up. A lucky throw with a greeu, or trump, stick generally gives the thrower 

 another trial in addition. The formula is: 



1 flat side up ^= 1. 



1 flat side up (if sahe) = 1 and another throw. 



2 flat sides up (with or without s((he) = 2. 



3 flat sides up = 3. 



3 flat sides up (including sahe) = 3 and another throw. 



All 4 flat sides up =: 6 and another throw. 



All 4 round sides up = 10 au<l auother throw. 



KiowA. Indiau Territory. (Cat. No. ir)29()8/>, U.S.N.M.) 



Set of four sticks of a variety of alder, 5.J inches in length, -^,. inch in 

 width, and 4 int-ii in thickness. Three with groove painted red, ou 

 Hat side, and one with groove i^ainted black. The former are burned 

 with four diagonal marks resembling the feathering of an arrow ou 



Fig. 54. 



STAVES FOR GAME. 



Length, 8| inches. 

 Kiowa Indians, Indian Territory. 



Cat. ffo. l!i»908.-, U.S.N. M. 



alternate sides of the groove near each end. The fourth stick has in 

 addition two parallel marks burned directly across the middle. Its 

 rounded reverse is burned with a design in the shape of a diamond. 

 Tlie reverses of the others are plain. 



Kiowa. Indian Territory. (Cat. No. 152008rZ, IT.S.N.M.) 



Set of four sticks of willow wood or chestnut sprout, 8f inches in 

 length, f inch in breadth, and t^^ inch in thickness (fig. 53). Three have 

 flat sides with lengthwise groove painted red, with parallel obli(iue lines 

 like arrow feathering- burned on alternate sides of the groove at the 

 ends, opposite to which are similar marks arranged in triangles. The 

 rounded reverses of these sticks are plain. The fourth stick has an 

 incised device painted black and resembling two feathered arrows, 

 the heads of which meet a transverse band cut across the middle. 



