RissEix] GAMES 170 



leaf with an arrow, and wlicn four are plajnng the two partners 

 share eijuall}' the winninjis oi- h)sses. Arrows, bows, and such similar 

 property as these ra<i<^etl ureliins possess are wagered. A bow is con- 

 sidered worth from 10 to 20 arrows, according to quality. 



K.IORSA 



Either two or four may play. The game consists in sliooting an 

 arrow so that it will lie on the ground at a distance of about 100 

 feet and then shooting two more arrows with tlie intention of cast- 

 ing them across the first. 



KWAITUSiWIKUT 



The children sometimes amuse themselves by tossing into the air 

 corncobs in which from one to three feathers have been stuck. 

 They do not shoot arrows at them. 



There are three games in addition to the athletic game of aldil 

 which were played exclusively by the woinen. 



MEKUT TOAKUT 



Two women play this game. Five stones that have been carefidly 

 selected from rounded pebbles 3 to 4 cm. in diameter (fig. 94). are 

 used. The first player 



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Fig. 94. Gaming stones. 



calls one of these ''my 

 stone" and tosses it 

 into the air, keeping 

 her eyes fixed upon it 

 while she snatches up 

 one of the other four 

 stones before the first falls. After all are picked up in this way she 

 begins again and picks up two at a time, then three and one, then 

 all at once. If she proceeds thus far without mistake she wins the 

 game. The next game is more difficidt. The named stone is to.ssed 

 up as before, but those remaining are shoved under an arch formed 

 by the thumb and middle finger with the first finger crossed over 

 the middle one. The stones are pushed imder the arch in the same 

 order as in the first game. In the one-plus-three combination the 

 player selects one stone which she calls her opponent's and saj^s she 

 will not pick that one up first. 



KA-AMISAKt'T 



This stave game is played with eight sticks in two sets of four each, 

 which are colored black on the rounded side in one set and on the 

 flat side in the other, the opposite side being stained red (fig. 05). 

 Two play, each using her own set of sticks, but exchanging them 



