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ber. (In the game I saw each side had seven tally sticks when 

 the game began.) 



4. For every time a guesser misses he losses a tally, and a 

 tally stick of his passes over to the winner and is placed with 

 his pile of tally sticks. 



5. When all the tally sticks have passed to the possession of 

 either of the contestants, that side has won the game. 



When playing this game, all squat, Indian style, on the 

 ground, and the playing side pound chunks or boards with 

 long sticklike clubs to make the most noise possible as they 

 sing. When winning, they pound the most vigorously and sing 

 with greater accent. 



Also, as with other Indians, the Goshutes are great dancers. 

 Besides dancing the white man's dances, they dance the round 

 dance and the bear dance. Below is a description of each 

 dance as danced. 



THE ROUND DANCE OF THE GOSHIP INDIANS. 



This dance is very similar to the Shoshoni "dragging 

 dance," and also resembles the Sioux ghost dance of 1889. It 

 differs, however, in that no drum is used and in the fact that 

 it is a choosing-partner dance. The women choose their part- 

 ners by going to the circle and forcing themselves between 

 their choice and the next dancer in the circle and locking 

 arms with each. Sometimes the squaw is rejected, and is 

 ejected from the circle, as she is .leered by the spectators. 

 Below is a description of the dance. 



When all is ready, at about nine p. m., the leaders walk out 

 to the dance place, and facing inward, join hands so as to form 

 a small circle. All these first actors are men. Then, without 

 moving from their places, they sing the opening song in a sort 

 of an undertone. Having sung it through once, they raise 

 their voices to their full strength and repeat it, this time slowly 

 circling around in the dance. The step is verj^ simple. The 

 dancers move from right to left, following the course of the 

 sun, advancing the left foot and following it with the right, 

 hardly lifting the feet from the ground, various songs are 

 sung, all adapted to the simple measure of the dance step. As 

 the song rises and swells, the people come singly and in groups 

 from their several houses and teepees, and one after another 

 join the circle, until any number from fifty to one hundred are 

 in the dance. When the circle is small, each song is repeated 



