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ti'iimoui urged Po'.shaiyaiiue not to return to his seat by the ladder, 

 but to sit with tbem; but lie declined, and then a messenger was sent 

 to examine the bracelet, and the man's report excited a great desire in 

 the ti'amoui to secure to himself this second bracelet, and his house in the 

 west, with all that itcontained, was offered in exchange for the bracelet. 

 This house was even finer than the one in the north. Po'shaiyJinne 

 replied that if the ti'amoui wished the bracelet, he would exchange it 

 for the house in the west. Then he was invited to be seated near the 

 ti'amoui, who placed between them a large bowl containing six 2-inch 

 cubes, which were highly jiolished and painted on one side. The 

 ti'amoui said to Po'shaiyiinne, "Hold the bowl with each hand, and 

 toss up the six cubes. When three painted sides are up the game is 

 won ; with only two painted sides up the game is lost. Six painted 

 sides up is equivalent to a march in euchre." Po'shaiyanne replied, 

 "You first, not I. You are the ti'amoui; I am no one." "No," said the 

 ti'iimoui, "you play first;" but Po'shaiyanne refused, and the ti'iimoui 

 tossed up the blocks. Only two painted sides were up; Po'shaiyanne, 

 then taking the bowl, tossed the blocks, and all the painted sides 

 turned up. Again the ti'Jimoni tried his hand, and three painted sides 

 faced uj); then Po'shaiyiiime threw and the six painted sides were up. 

 The ti'amoui again threw, turning up two painted sides only; then 

 Po'shaiyanne threw, with his previous success. The ti'iimoni threw, 

 and again two painted sides were up. Po'shaiyanne threw, and six 

 painted sides faced up as before, and so a second house went to him. 

 The ti'iimoni said, "We will go to our homes and sleep, and return to 

 the chita in the morning, after we liave eaten." 



The following morning Po'shaiyiinne took his seat at the usual place, 

 but the ti'iimoni said to him: "Come and sit among us; you are now 

 more than an ordinary man, for you have two houses that belonged to 

 the ti'iimoni," but Po'shaiyiinne refused and proceeded to light the 

 stick to pass around for the lighting of the cigarettes. "VVTien he ex- 

 tended his hand to touch the stick to the cigarettes it was discovered 

 that he wore a most beautiful bracelet, which was red, but not coral. 

 The ti'iimoui again sent au emissary to negotiate for the bracelet, offer- 

 ing Po'shaiyiinne his house in the south in exchange for the red brace- 

 let. Po'shaiyiinne consented and again a game was played. Four cir- 

 cular sticks some 8 inches long, with hollow ends, were stood in line 

 and a blanket thrown over them; the ti'iimoni then put a round pebble 

 iuto the end of one, and removing the blanket asked Po'shaiyiinne to 

 choose the stick containing the pebble. "No, my father," said Po'- 

 shaiyiinne, "you first. What am I that I should choose before you?" 

 but the ti'iimoni replied, " I placed the stone ; I know where it is." 

 Theu Po'shaiyiinne selected a stick and raising it the pebble was visi- 

 ble. Po'shaiyiinne then threw the blanket over the sticks and placed 

 the stone in one of them, after which the ti'amoui selected a stick and 

 raised it, but no stone was visible. This was repeated four times. Each 



