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4. There is always one less false motion of the mystic stick than 

 there are possible places for the pebble 1o be hid: for example, in case 

 there are seven holes in any one of which the stone may be hid, six pre- 

 liminary strokes of the mystic stick are always made. 



5. There are always two tally keepers, one representing each oppos- 

 ing party. At the beginning of the game each of these has a nnmber of 



Map showing the various arrangements of the moccasin game field of the dirt type, 

 used in playing one game at the camp of Chief R6 the night of February 24, 1902. 



The broken lines indicate the false or preliminary motions. 



K shows lines where the pebble should be hid. 



S shows the final stroke. It is represented by a continuous line. 



In 1 and 11 the pebble was uncovered in the preliminary motion. In 3, 6, 8 and 10 it was 

 passed over in the preliminary strokes, but not uncovered. In 2, 4, 5 and 7 the pebble 

 was uncovered in the final stroke. And in 9 it was missed both in the pi'eliminary and 

 final strokes. 2, 4, 5 and 7 are the only ones which counted points for the searcliers for 

 the pebble. In each of these four cases they got the pebble and took it to their own 

 game field. 



