144 INDIAN GAMES. 



cast of the dice. It differs equally from the scene which 

 travellers have brought before our eyes, of the Chinooks, 

 beating upon their paddles and moaning forth their mo- 

 notonous chants, while gathered in a ring about the 

 player, who with dexterous passes and strange contor- 

 tions manipulated the stone and thus added zest to the 

 guess which was to determine the ownership of the prop- 

 erty staked upon the game. The resemblances in these 

 scenes are, however, far more striking than the differ- 

 ences. Climate and topography determine the one. Race 

 characteristics are to be found in the other. 



