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Figure 12, — Sketch by Olbrechts illustrating method of double scoring. 



took a second arrow; this also burst. The same thing happened 

 again and again until all of Vtsa:yi's arrows had burst. 



Then the boy said, "I have brought some arrows. Take one of 

 them." 



Vtsa:yi took one of them and threw. The arrow did not burst. 



The boy threw and won. 



Every time they played, the boy won, until Vtsa:yi had no posses- 

 sions left to wager. He then wagered a finger joint, then two finger 

 joints, then a whole finger, then two fingers; then he wagered a hand, 

 then an arm as far as the elbow, then a whole arm. He always lost. 

 Then he wagered a toe, then a foot, and so on, until he lost his whole 

 body. He wagered his wife, but again he lost; he wagered his life, 

 but this he also lost. 



Vtsa:yi then told the boy, "Well, you can kill me, but first I must 

 go behind the house. I will come back right away." 



He went, but he did not come back. The boy looked for him be- 

 hind the house, but there was only a very old woman there, making an 

 Indian pot. 



