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THE PIMA INDIANS 



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counting the comer holes, called ut'pa, "doors."" The stick used 

 by each player or side to mark its throw is called rsaika, "slave" or 

 "horse." "Wlien a player is "coming; home" and his count carries 

 his "slave" only to the last hole of his house it is said to be "in 

 the fire" and remains "burnt" imtil he throws a number less than 

 14 or 15. 



The comer hole of the rectangle is called tcoltit, 

 • •• "liip;" the second, tco-olrsan, "near the corner;" 



the third, rsa-akit, " middle ; " the fourth, ko'ketam, 

 "above the end;" the fifth, ko-ok, "last;" the fu-st 

 hole of the house, tco'-oletam, "above the hip;" 

 the second, ki-ik vak' utra, "four-hole end;" the 

 third, vai-Ik vak' utra, "tlu-ee-hole end;" the 

 fourth, sap'k' utra, "right end" or "place;" the 

 fifth, tai-i utra, "fire end" or "in the fire." (See 

 diagram, fig. 90.) 



Fig. 90. Diagram used 

 in ki^ts. 



HAEYO 



This game afi'ords considerable amusement for the spectators as 

 ■well as the participants. Four men provide themselves with moder- 

 ateh' large stones, hayakut, wliicli they throw between two holes set 

 about 50 feet apart. All stand at one hole and try successively to 

 throw into the other. If but one succeeds in throwing into the hole 

 he and his partner are carried on the backs of their opponents across 

 to the opposite goal. If both partners throw into the hole, they are 

 carried across and returned to the first hole, 

 the "horses" who carrj- them attempting tu 

 imitate the gallop of the horse. 



VAPUTAI 



A guessing game in which a niunber of 

 players act as assistants to two leaders. A 

 small bean*" is used by the Papagos and a 

 ball of black mesquite gum by the Pimas. 

 It is placed in one of four joints of reed. 

 The reeds are then filled with sand, all being 

 concealed under a blanket, and the oppo- 

 nents guess which reed contains the ball. 



The reeds are called v^ptitakiit (vaptitai, laj-), "laying imple- 

 ments" (fig. 91).'^ Reed a, called kuh, "old man," has 17 longitudinal 

 rows of 8 spots each; reed h, §,ks, "old woman, " is unmarked; reed c, 



" Culin in Report National Museum, 189(i, p. 739. 



6 Oljtainoii from Sonora from the tree called paowl liy the Pimas and chilicotl liy the Mexicans. 



cThe collection contains one set of reeds which are 27 em. long and 22 mm. in diameter. 



a bed 



Fig. 91. Canes used in vipfltai. 



