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for the bracelet, but they did not say anything as they thought he knew 

 best. The message being delivered to Po'shaiyaune, he said, " Very 

 well, I will give the bracelet for the house and all it contains." The 

 ti'amoni then called Po'shaiyilnne to him and examined the bracelet, 

 and his heart was glad because he was to have the jewels. He then 

 begged Po'shaiyiinne to be seated, saying, " We will play the game 

 Wash'kasi.' 



In ijlaying the favorite game of Wash'kasi (Fig. 16), forty peb- 

 bles form a square, ten pebbles on a side, with a flat stone in the 

 center of the square. Four flat sticks, painted black on one side and 

 unpainted on the other, are held vertically and dropped upon the 

 stone. The ti'amoni threw first. Two black and two unpainted sides 

 faced up. Two of the painted sides being up entitled the player to 



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move two stones to the right. Po'shaiyiinne then threw, turning up 

 the four painted sides. This entitled him to move ten to the left. The 

 ti'amoni threw and three painted sides faced up. This entitled him to 

 move three stones to the right. Again Po'shaiyiinne threw and all the 

 colored sides faced up, entitling him to move ten more. The next 

 throw of the ti'amoni showed two colored sides and he moved two 

 more. Po'shaiyiinne threw again, all the colored sides being up; then 

 he moved ten. The ti'iimoni then threw and all four unpainted sides 

 turned up; this entitled him to move six. Po'shaiyiinne threw and 

 again all the painted sides were up, entitling him to move ten, which 

 brought him to the starting point, and won him the game. 



The following morning, after the ti'iimoni had eaten, they went into 

 the chita as usual; Po'shaiyiinne, following, took liis seat near the 

 entrance, with a blanket wrapped around him. When he approached 

 the ti'iimoni to hold the lighted stick to his cigarette, the ti'iimoni's 

 astonishment was great to find a second bracelet, of ko-ha-qua,^ upon 

 the wrist of Po'shaiyiinne. Each bead was large aud beautiful. The 



'Though it is not mentioned in the story, it seems to he understood that these games were played 

 for the houses, for had Po'shaiyiinne lost the games he would have lost the houses 

 ^Ancient fiat shell heads as thin as paper. 



