138 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [erH. ann. 24 
Kramatu. Upper Klamath lake, Oregon. (Cat. no. 61536, 61734, 
Field Columbian Museum. ) 
Set of four woodchuck teeth, the two upper teeth marked on the flat 
side with zigzag lines extending the length of the teeth; these 
are called laki, male. 
The lower teeth are marked by four incised dots and are kulu, 
female. In another set (61734), figure 158, the markings are as in 
the preceding set, except that the lower teeth have five dots instead of 
Fig. 158. Woodechuck-teeth dice; Klamath Indians, Oregon; cat. no. 61734, Field Columbian 
Museum. 
four, and that the incised markings on all four teeth have been filled 
with red paint instead of black as in the preceding set. These speci- 
mens were collected by Dr George A. Dorsey,’ who gives the name of 
the game as skushash, and says: 
In playing the game, which is generally done by women, the teeth are dropped 
on a hard level object, such as an under grinding stone. The count is the same 
as in the stave game, namely, all marked dice up or down, 2; both males up with 
females down, 1. 
MARIPOSAN STOCK 
CuuxKcnanst. Chowchilly river, Madera county, California. (Cat. 
no. 70890, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Astralagus of deer used as a die. Collected by Dr J. W. Hudson. 
These they call ka-nish-nau-she, to flip between thumb and second finger. 
The counts are 0, 2, 3, 5. 
Doctor Hudson also gave the following description of this game, 
obtained from the Teausilla living on Chowchilly River, about 4 
miles west of Ahwahnee post-office. 
The bone and the game are called by the same name, kanishnaushe, mean- 
ing flipped between thumb and second finger. The bone is thrown like a die. 
There are four counts, 1, 2, 4, 12, depending upon the side that turns uppermost. 
Trson. Tule River reservation, California. (Cat. No. 70371, Field 
Columbian Museum.) 
Flat basket plaque for dice game, collected by Dr J. W. Hudson, who 
describes it as follows: 
This game is played by women with six dice made from halves of walnut 
shells. The game, which is played by any number is called ho-watch, the same 
«Certain Gambling Games of the Klamath Indians. American Anthropologist, n. s., 
v. 3, p. 26, 1901. 
