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specimens illustrated in these photographs are among the Ute. Plates 

 24, b, 25, and 26, b, show a large number of ears of various colored 

 and variegated maize hung up to dry. We do not know, of course, 

 whether these were grown by the Ute or traded from the Southwest. 



EAGLES 



Eagles were taken by most if not by all Shoshonean groups and kept 

 captive, though not killed, for their feathers. Plate 2"/, a, b, shows an 

 eagle, the property of a Uintah Ute man, tied to the limb of a tree. 



DANCING 



A single dance is known to have been aboriginal throughout the 

 entire Shoshonean area. This was the round dance or circle dance 

 which was performed primarily for pleasure whenever enough people 

 were present to hold it. It consisted simply of a circle of people who 

 side-stepped or hopped to the accompaniment of singing. It is illus- 

 trated among the Kaibab in two photographs, plates 7 and 8. 



GAMES 



Two games are represented, both being widespread throughout the 

 Shoshonean area. The first, shown in plate 4, being played by four 

 Las Vegas men, appears to be a variety of the "basket hiding game," 

 in which several sticks are arranged under a basket by one contestant, 

 the other being required to guess their positions. This game is usually 

 similar to the hand game in that half of the sticks are marked, half 

 unmarked. In the photograph, the man on the extreme right has 

 several sticks, which cannot be studied in detail, concealed under a 

 winnowing basket. His opponent on the extreme left is indicating 

 the position of the sticks by means of motions similar to those used 

 in the hand game. A bundle of twigs appears on the ground to the 

 left of each contestant and a third bundle is between them. These 

 are probably counters which were forfeited for incorrect guesses. 



The Kaibab photograph in plate 10, a, shows the hand game, which 

 was perhaps the most popular gambling game throughout the west. 

 The men on the left with folded arms hold the sticks concealed in 

 their hands. The man in the center on the right is guessing the posi- 

 tion of the sticks by pointing. The rows of twigs stuck into the ground 

 in front of each side are tallies. When one side has lost all these 

 to the other side, it forfeits the stakes of the game. In this case, the 

 stakes seem to have been the beads and knives deposited on the ground 

 in the foreground of the picture. 



