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GAMES 



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Fig. 92. Diagram used in viipiitta. 



hota stcok, "iniddle black," has 6 longitudinal rows; reed d, ma- 

 atcoAolt, has 5 rows around the open end. 



One hundred grains of corn are placed between the j)layers in a 

 hole, from which they are taken as won and placed in a hole in front 

 of each player. ^Vlien a player wins all tlie corn, he puts up a stick 

 in the sand. The number of sticks may be from 1 to 10, as deter- 

 mined beforehand. Each player cancels one of his opponent's sticks 

 when he wins one himself. 



Two players confine their attention to the guessing; one on each 

 side fills the reeds; one on each side watches the counting. Four 

 men, one at each corner, hold the 

 blanket, under which the fdling is done, 

 and sometimes offer suggestions to the 

 leaders. The "old people," the plain 

 reeds, and the marked reeds, are kept together and the "young 

 people'' are used by the opponents. When the two pairs are filled 

 with sand and a bean or ball is concealed in each pair, the blanket 

 is dropped and the reeds are laid in the center, each filler handing 

 his pair over to the side of his opponent. If A guesses wrong and B 

 right, four grains of corn are forfeited to the winner. If neither 

 guesses right, they exchange reeds and begin again. If both guess 

 right, there is no count. 'WTien one guesses right, he takes the four 

 reeds and places his ball in one and the opponent tlien decides 

 wliich pair it is in by laying one reed across the other in the pair 

 which he thinks does not contain it. Then he pours out the sand 

 of first one then the otlier. If he has guessed right, he does not 



score, but continues the 

 play by filling and offer- 

 ing to his opponent. If 

 he guesses wrong, the 

 opponent scores 4 and 6 

 additional if the ball is 

 in the under reed, 10 if it 

 is in the upper. 



Cheating is done in 

 various ways, but there is reason to believe that this practice has 

 arisen since the Pimas have come in contact mth the wliites. 



Fig. 93. Pottery disks 



VAPUTTA 



-Vny number of players may participate, but they are under two 

 leaders who are selected by toss. Each draws up his men in line so 

 that they face their opponents (fig. 92). A goal about 50 yards 

 distant is marked out and the game begins. A small object, usually 

 a circular ])iece of pottery, one of those so conunon about the ruins 

 of the Southwest (fig. 93), is carried around behind the line by a 



26 ETH— OS 14 



