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CULIN ] DICE GAMES: CHIPPEWA 3 
Another set of dice from Mille Laces, cat. no. ;$$;, comprises: One 
star, four disks, one eagle, two knives, one serpent, three arrow 
heads, two yoke-shaped objects, and one brass disk (figure 41). 
With the exception of the last these dice are all of bone and are 
plain on one side and finely crosshatched and painted red on the 
other. 
These were collected by Dr William Jones in 1903. 
Mr S. C. Simms has kindly furnished the following counts of a 
similar game played at Leech lake, Minnesota : 
Counts of one: Three white sides up of disks and canoe, rough side of ring, 
one rough side of disk and blue side of moose, woman and wigwam; all white 
sides up but woman. 
Counts of two: Blue sides up of small disks, moose and woman, white sides 
of all others and smooth side of brass ring; blue sides of moose and woman, 
white sides of all others, and smooth side of ring. 
Counts of three: Same as count of two, with exception of moose white instead 
of blue side up; four disks white side up, smooth side of ring, white side of 
wigwam, blue sides of moose, canoe, and woman. 
Count of four: Same as count of three, with exception of rough side of ring up. 
Counts of nine: All white sides up and smooth side of ring; all blue sides up 
and rough side of ring; white sides of moose, wigwam, canoe, and woman, blue 
sides of disks, and rough side of ring. 
If canoe stands up on any throw, it counts 2; if on succeeding throw it stands 
up, it counts four; if on third throw, it counts 6. 
If canoe stands upright on ring, it counts 4, and if remaining dice show blue 
sides, an additional count of 9 is made, or 15. 
If wigwam stands up on any throw, it counts 3; if on succeeding throw it 
stands up. it counts 6; if on third throw, it counts 9. 
If moose stands up, it counts 4; if on succeeding throw, it counts 8; if on 
third throw, it counts 12, regardless of other dice. 
If woman stands up, it counts 5; if on succeeding throw, it counts 10; if on 
third throw, it counts 20. P 
If woman stands up in ring, it counts 10 points, regardless of other dice. 
Curprewa. Bear island, Leech lake, Minnesota. (American Mu- 
seum of Natural History.) 
Cat. no. ;2%;. Four flat sticks (figure 42), 153 inches long, taper- 
ing at the ends, both faces slightly convex and burned black 
on one side and having representations of snakes on the other; 
made in pairs, two alike, distinguished by slight differences in 
the heads. 
Cat. no. ;3%5. Four flat sticks (figure 43), 13} inches long, tapering 
at the ends, both faces rounded and very slightly convex; made 
in pairs, with faces burned as shown in the figure, and reverses 
burned alike; with four counting sticks (figure 44), 9 inches in 
length. 
They were collected in 1903 by Dr William Jones, who gives the 
following counts: 
