338 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH. ANN. 18 
TAG (u-la'-ki-ta’-g’ik)—(St Michael). This game is played at any sea- 
son by men and women divided into equal parties, which are subdivided 
into pairs. Then a designated player starts off, pursued by the others, 
the players on the opposite side trying to overtake and touch him 
before he can touch the mate he was given from his own party. This 
mate strives to get within reach of his companion, the opposite side 
meanwhile using every effort to interfere between the two by running 
after the first and hindering the latter. If the player succeeds in 
touching his mate before he is teuched he wins and another pair of 
runners come out from his side. If he is touched first by one of his 
opponents, he loses, and a pair of runners come out from among them 
and take his place. 
TwIn TAG (ki-hlikh'-ku-ta'-guk)—(St Michael). In this game the 
players are fastened together in pairs, being tied by the ankles. One 
pair are given a start and are pursued by the others until one of the 
two is touched by another pair, whereupon the latter take their places. 
This is a Summer game. 
RING AROUND (uhl-ta’)—(St Michael). The players in this game are 
either nen or women together or separately. The players are divided 
into two equal parties, each party joining hands and facing toward the 
center of a circle. When ready they circle about as swiftly as possible, 
all the time advancing toward a certain point agreed upon, and the 
circle or ring of players which first reaches the goal is victorious. 
This game affords much sport, as the members of each ring are eager 
to reach thé goal, but the double motion frequently causes them to 
stumble and fall promiscuously over one another. 
TOSSING ON WALRUS SKIN (éj-u-tdl/-vi-git).—I heard of this game 
from Bering strait to the mouth of the Yukon. A large walrus hide 
is spread out and hand-holes are cut around its border. One of the play- 
ers stands upon the center, and a party of men on one side and women 
on the other, numbering as many as can reach it, take hold of the skin. 
By united effort the players jerk the skin up, holding it tightly 
stretched. The person on it is thrown high in the air and if he alights 
on his feet one of the other side must take his place. Should he fall in 
any other position he or one of his side must remain on the skin. This 
is a Summer game, but is sometimes practiced by the young men in the 
kashim during winter. 
TuG OF WAR (tin-ukh-tai'-~aun)—(St Michael). This is played 
at any season. A strong rawhide loop is made; the contestants are 
divided into two parties, and the strongest man of each party grasps 
the loop with his right hand. The men on-each side form a queue with 
their arms around each other’s bodies and pull at a given signal; the 
side which first looses its hold on the loop is defeated. The loop is 
called ki-chik’. This game is played either out of doors or in the kashim, 
by either men or women; sometimes it is played by a single pair of 
men or women and is then called no-ku/-taun. 
