196 MORTUARY CUSTOMS OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Before white men came among these Indians and taught them many of his im- 
proved vices, this game was played by means of figured plum-seeds, the men using 
eight and the women seven seeds, figured as follows, and shown in Figure 34. 
Two seeds are simply blackened on one side, the reverse containing nothing. Two 
seeds are black on one side, with asmall spot of the color of the seed left in the center, 
the reverse side having a black spot in the center, the body being plain. Two seeds 
have a buftalo’s head on one side and the reverse simply two crossed black lines. There 
is but one seed of this kind in the set used by the women. Two seeds have half of 
one side blackened and the rest left plain, so as to represent a half moon; the reverse 
has a black longitudinal line crossed at right angles by six sinall ones. There are six 
throws whereby the player can win, and five that entitle him to another throw. The 
winning throws are as follows, each winner taking a pile of the ghost’s goods : 
Two plain ones up, two plain with black spots up, buffalo’s head up, and two half 
moons up wins a pile. Two plain black ones up, two black with natural spot up 
two longitudinally crossed ones up, and the fransverselyscrossed one up wins a pile. 
Two plain black ones up, two black with natural spots up, two half moons up, and 
the transversely crossed one up wins a pile. Two plain black ones, two black with 
natural spot up, two half moons up, and the buffalo’s head up wins a pile. Two plain 
ones up, two with black spots up, two longitudinally crossed ones up, and the trans 
versely crossed one up winsa pile. Two plain ones up, two with black spots up, 
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Fic. 45.—Auxiliary throw No. 5. 
-butfalo’s head up, and two long crossed up winsa pile. The following auxiliary 
throws entitle to another chance to win: two plain ones up, two with black spots up, 
one half moon up, one longitudinally crossed one up, and buffalo’s head up gives 
another throw, and on this throw, if the two plain ones up and two with black spots 
with either of the half moons or buffalo’s head up, the player takes a pile. Two plain 
ones up, two with black spots up, two half moons up, and the transversely crossed 
