CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



749 



UiNKARET.' Arizona. (Cat. ^o. 11217, U.S.KM.) 



Ten flat pieces of cedar bark (Plate 1 1 ), rectaii jjular, with rounded cor- 

 ners, from 5 to 10 inches in length and 1^ to 2^ inches in width. Inner, 



Fig. 73. 



GAMING CANES. 



Length, 5J inches. 



Paiute Indians, southern ITtah. 



Cat. Nn. Mil, Pealiody Museum of Amerionn Anhapology. 



smooth sides marked with blotches of red paint; reverse phnn. Col- 

 lected by Maj. J. W. Powell, who has kindly furnished me with the 

 following information concerning them: 



They were used as dice, but the method of counting I do not now remember. In 

 fact, there were i>eculiaritie8 in the count which Inever(i^uite mastered, but I remem- 



Fiff. 74. 



SET OF STICKS K(IK GAME. 



Length, 21 inches. 

 Paiute Indians, Nevada. 



Cat. No. 19054, U.S.N. M. 



' Mr. Frederick W. Hodge informs me that the Uinkaret formed a division of the 

 PaiutH, and in 187.3-74 lived in mountains of the same name in Northern Arizona. 

 "Their popuhitiou at tiiat time was only 401, and I have no doubt they are ofiieially 

 recognized as Paiute proper. The name means ' Where the pine grows.' Powell is 

 the only one who has mentioned them, as he is practically the only student who has 

 studied this branch of the Shoshonean tribes." 



