CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



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sides are up, the throw couuts sixteen. The two "tens" up and four whites coTiut six- 

 teen. Two pairs up count six, and the player takes another throw. Two "sixes" 

 down count four. If botli "tens" are down, either side symraetrically, it counts 

 ten. If all burnt sides are up, it is sixteen. If both "fours" are down, it is six. 

 If two pairs are up, it counts two. One pair up does not count unless all the others 

 are down. Wlien more tlian two play, and each for himself, the "king" is intro- 

 duced. If the king is up and all the others down, the count is sixteen. If they are 

 all up, the count is the same. If two pairs are up, the count is six. If the king is 

 down and the remainder up, the count is sixteen. 



(Brule Dakota) Sioux. South Dakota. (Cat. Nos. 10442, 10443, 

 l().")."i2, Mus, Arch., Univ. Penn.) 

 Phiiii-stoue (lice for game (eleven, apparently belonging to two sets). 

 Basket in which dice are thrown, made of woven grass, S inches iu 

 dianietei- at top and 2^ inches deep, with bottom covered wirli cotton 

 cloth (hg. 85). Set of thirty-two sticks used in counting with above 



COUNTING STICKS FDR PLUM STONE GAME. 



Lengths, 13, 12, iuul 7 inches. 

 Dakota Sioux, South Dakota. 



Cat. No. 16652, Museum of Archa'ology, Universily ot Penns\ 



(fig. 80), consisting of eleven rounded white sticks about 13 inches in 

 length, fourteen similar black sticks (made of ribs of an old umbrella), 

 about 12 inches in length, and seven iron sticks about 11 inches in 

 length (consisting of iron ribs of the umbrella). Collected by Mr. 

 Horatio ^^. Kust in 1873. 



Comparison of the various accounts of the plum stone game as jtlayed 

 by the Sioux shows many variations in the markings on the seeds. 

 This is well illu.strated in the account given by Schoolcraft,^ who 

 describes the game among the Dakota tribes under the name of Knn- 

 tah-.so, which he translates as "the game of the plum-stones." 



He figures five sets of stones, each consisting of eight pieces. 



In set A (Plate 12), Nos. 1 and 2 represent sparrow hawks with forked tails, or the 

 fork-tailed eagle, Falco fnrcatus. This is the so-called war eagle. Nos, 3 and 4 are 



' Information concerning the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian 

 Tribes of the United States, Philadelphia, 1!^53, II, p. 72. 



