750 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896 



ber tliat I was satisfied that every ]iiece represented a region. Tlie bark cards were 

 shuffled by tossing them in a little tray basket, or kaichoals, sometimes used by the 

 women as caps, but having a more general use as gathering baskets. They were 

 shaken up under the concealment of a blanket and tossed upon another blanket, and 

 different arrangement produced different numbers, which were counted upon little 

 sticks. Each party in the game started with a definite number of these sticks, and 

 the final winner was the one who accumulated all iu his pile. 



Fig. 75. 

 SBT OP STAVES FOR GAME. 



Length, 10 incbes. 

 Shoshoni Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho. 



Cat. No. 22286, U.S.N. M. 



SIOUAN STOCK. 



AssTNABOiN. Dakota. (Cat. No. 8498, U.S.N.M.) 



Set of four stick.s of i)olisbed liickory 15^ inches iu length, about 1 

 inch iu breadth iu center, tapering to f inch at ends, and ^ incli iu 

 thickness. Two are burued on one side with war calumets, or toma- 

 hawks, and with crosses (stars!) at each eud, and two each with four 





Fig. 76. 



SET OF STAVES FOE GAME. 



Length, 15J inches. 



Assinaboin Indians, Dakota. 



0»t. No. 8498, tJ.S.N.M. 



bear tracks, with stripes of red paint between (fig. 76). Opposite sides 

 plain. Ends rounded, one notched and tied with sinew to prevent 

 splitting. Collected by Dr. J. P. Kimball. 



Assinaboin. U])per Missouri. 



In a report to Hon. Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Terri- 

 tory, on the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri, by Mr. Edwin T. 



