86 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [etn ann. 24 
A set of message sticks (figure 79) for the women’s dice game, in the 
American Museum of Natural History (cat. no. 3345), consists of 
a bundle of eight pieces of reed, 54 inches in length. Collected 
by Dr William Jones. 
ATHAPASCAN STOCK 
San Cartos Apacue. San Carlos, Gila county, Arizona. (Field 
Columbian Museum. ) ; 
Cat. no. 63556. Three wooden staves (figure 80), 9 inches in length, 
Fig. 80. Stick dice; length, 9 inches; San Carlos Fiq. 81. Stick dice; length, 8 inches; San 
Apache Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 63556, Field Carlos Apache Indians, Arizona; cat. no. 
Columbian Museum. 63557, Field Columbian Museum. 
flat faces painted red, with incised cross lines painted black in 
middle and end edges notched, round sides painted yellow. 
Fig. 82. San Carlos Apache Indians playing stick dice; Gila county, Arizona; from photograph 
by Mr §. C. Simms. 
Cat. no. 63557. Three wooden staves (figure 81), 8 inches in length, 
identical with preceding, except that flat faces have alternate 
painted bands, black and red. They were collected by Mr 8. C. 
Simms, who gives the name of the game as settil. 
