INDIAN GAMES. 131 



In the first of the two games of " spear and ring," de- 

 scribed by Domenech, 123 the players are divided into sides. 

 The stone ring, about three inches in diameter, is fixed 

 upright on the chosen ground, and players two at a time, 

 one from each side, endeavor to throw their spears through 

 the ring. The spears are marked along their length with 

 little shields or bits of leather, and the count is affected by 

 the number of these that pass through the ring. He also 

 mentions a game 124 among the Natchez in which the ring 

 was a " huge stone" and the spear a "stick of the shape of 

 a bat." 



If we classify Domenech's first game of "spear and 

 ring " among those which resemble chunkee, rather than 

 as a form of chunkee itself, we shall probably be com- 

 pelled to pursue the same course with Morgan's game of 

 "javelin" to which we have already alluded. 125 In this 

 game the players divided into sides. Each player had an 

 agreed number of javelins. The ring, which was either 

 a hoop or made solid like a wheel by winding with splints, 

 was about eight inches in diameter. The players on one side 

 were arranged in a line and the hoop was rolled before 

 them. They hurled their javelins. The count of the game 

 was kept by a forfeiture of javelins. Such as hit the mark 

 were safe, but the javelins which did not hit were passed 

 to the players of the other side who then had an opportunity 

 to throw them at the hoop from the same spot. If these 

 players were successful the javelins were forfeited and laid 

 out of the play. If, however, they in turn failed the javelins 

 were returned to their original owners. The hoop was 

 then rolled by the other side and the process continued 

 until one of the sides had forfeited all their javelins. 



ia Vol. n, pp. 197-8. 



144 He does not give his authority for this game. He ha8 evidently copied in 

 his book from other writers, but seldom indicates whether his descriptions are 

 based upon personal observation or quoted. 

 ia * League of the Iroquois, p. 300. 



