68 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [ErH. ann. 24 
Cuiprewa. Turtle mountain, North Dakota. (Cat. no. 72%,, Amer- 
ican Museum of Natural History.) 
Four flat wooden disks (figure 48), 1 inch in diameter, carved with a 
cross painted red on one side, and opposite side painted red. 
Accompanied by a rough willow basket tray, 11 inches in diame- 
ter. Collected by Dr Wilham Jones m 1903. 
Fia. 48. Wooden dice and tray; diameter of dice, 1 inch; of tray, 11 inches; Chippewa Indians, 
Turtle mountain, North Dakota; cat. no. ;$%,, American Museum of Natural History. 
Cres. Muskowpetung reserve, Qu’appelle, Assiniboia. (Cat. no. 
61988, Field Columbian Museum. ) 
Four wooden staves, 132 inches in length, one side plain and the other 
marked with burned designs, as shown in figure 49. 
These were collected by Mr J. A. Mitchell, who describes the game 
under the name of cheekahkwanuc, dashing down the dice sticks. 
Played with four specially marked oblong sticks, each stick having a special 
counting value according to the marks and according to the number of similar 
sticks which turn face up at the same time, when thrown down. 
Fig. 49. Stick dice; length, 13 inches; Cree Indians, Qu’appelle, Assiniboia; cat. no. 61988, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
The game is played by any number of men and women, in groups of four 
each, opposed to similar groups, and is played for stakes, as in our draw poker. 
The sticks are thrown to the ground, end down, and falling flat are counted by 
the markings of those which show the marked side uppermost. The count is as 
follows: Three plain sides down, one white band up, counts six; two plain sides 
down, two white bands up, 24; three plain sides down, one X-marked side up, 
