50 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [nTH. ann. 24 
of a tribe calling themselves the Tobique, at an Indian village half 
a mile north of Andover, New Brunswick. Three of the disks and 
the counting sticks were made for the collector, while the platter and 
three of the disks shown in the upper row (figure 9) are old. Two 
of the latter are made apparently of old bone buttons, there being 
Fic. 10. Counting sticks for stick dice; length, 8 inches; Amalecite (Malecite) Indians, New 
Brunswick; cat. no. 20125, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
a hole in the reverse into which the shank fitted. The designs on 
the faces are not the same. The woman informed Mr Starr that 
the game was called altestagen, and that it was played by two persons, 
one of whom places the counting sticks in a pile together. 
Then the stones are placed at random in the plate, which is held in both 
hands and struck sharply on the ground so as to make the stones fly into the air 
and turn before landing in the plate again. A player continues as long as he 
scores, taking counters from the pile of sticks according to his throw. When 
the pile is exhausted, each having obtained part, the game is continued until 
one wins them all. ‘Three plain sticks count one point. The three carved 
sticks count each four points, or twelve plain sticks. The snake-like stick is 
kept to the last. It is equal to three plain sticks, and a throw that counts three 
is necessary to take it. 
Arapano. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Cat. no. 36963. Four willow twigs, marked alike on the flat side, 
painted red; length, 6% inches (figure 11). 
Fig. 11. Stick dice; length, 6} inches; Arapaho Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 36963, Free Museum 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
