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the divisions of the tribe at the celebration of the green-corn feast. This game 
was played with marked plum seeds, and exactly as the Seneca played it 
and play it yet. The ancient divisions of the tribe are as follows: 4 
First division: 1, Bear; 2, Deer; 3, Snake; 4, Hawk. Second division: 
1, Big Turtle; 2, Little Turtle; 3, Mud Turtle; 4, Beaver; 5, Poreupine; 6, 
Striped Turtle; 7, Highland Turtle, or Prairie Turtle. Mediator, umpire, 
executive power, the Wolf clan. These are the phratries of the tribe. For 
the purpose of gambling or playing the final game of the green-corn feast fes- 
tivities, the tribe separated into its phratries. The Wolf clan was not permitted 
to take sides. It was always the office of this clan to act as the executive 
power of the tribe and settle all disputes; but a certain portion of the 
winnings of the successful party was given to the Wolf clan. The game was 
played exactly as played by the Seneca. The ending of the game terminated 
the festivities, as it does to-day in the Seneca. The dances were partly 
games and partly ceremonies, often engaged in for amusement alone. But i 
could never get enough information to warrant me in saying where amusement 
left off and ceremony began. The gambling at the close of the green-corn 
feast is the only game I could get any definite information about. 
KERESAN STOCK 
Keres. Acoma, New Mexico. (Brooklyn Institute Museum.) 
Cat. no. 4976. Four split canes, 5 inches in length, marked on convex 
side with cut designs painted black as shown in figure 122. 
The reverses are painted with black marks, precisely like those of 
the Zuni sholiwe. The cut designs represent a water bug, gamasku, a 
Fig. 122. Fig. 123. 
Fia. 122. Cane dice; length, 5 inches; Keres Indians, Acoma, New Mexico; cat. no. 4976, Brook- 
lyn Institute Museum. 
Fig. 123. Cane dice; length, 6} inches; Keres Indians, Acoma, New Mexico; cat. no. 4975, Brook- 
lyn Institute Museum. 
word which also means spider. The Zuni call this gannastepi, and 
use it in precisely the same way as a mark on their sholiwe (see fig- 
ure 289). 
Cat. no. 4975. Four split canes, 64 inches in length, marked as shown 
in figure 123. 
* Wyandot Folk-lore, p. 26, Topeka, Kans., 1899. 
