188 INDIAN GAMES. 



CONCLUSION. 



The foregoing, references and quotations are mainly 

 cumulative. They show that the early English explor- 

 ers and settlers found in New England and Virginia the 

 same games which the French found in Canada, with the 

 addition of foot-ball, of which I have not seen any men- 

 tion made by the French writers. As this game required 

 for its play a smooth surface, it is not likely that it was 

 played to any extent, except where the flat sandy beaches 

 furnished a ground fitted by nature for the purpose. The 

 game of koho carries lacrosse unmistakably across the con- 

 tinent, although like most of our information concerning 

 Pacific coast games, that which we have concerning this 

 game is too recent to have especial value or significance. 

 The game of chunkee, of which Mr. Henshaw has found 

 evidence that it was formerly played among the Santa 

 Barbara Indians, had already been traced in substantial 

 form west of the Rocky Mountains. From the facts col- 

 lated in this paper no new inferences can be drawn. 

 Their tendency is merely to corroborate whatever conclu- 

 sions may be drawn from the former paper. 



