146 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [ETH. Ann. 24 
MUSKHOGEAN STOCK 
Cyoctraw. Mandeville, Louisiana. (Cat. no. 38477, Free Museum 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
Eight grains of white corn (figure 164), 
ee. : & charred on one side. Collected by the 
‘ez a 
writer in 1901. 
These are used as dice in the corn game, baska- 
Fic. 164. Corn-grain dice; tanje. Two or more men play, throwing the corn 
Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; with the hand upon the ground. The throws are 
cat. no. 38477, Free Museum either white, tobeh, or black, losah, up. The game is 
of Science and Art, Univer- fae 1 van ts \ Wise JAI 
esos iseanena ena. wenty-five, anc ; e counts are as follows: 
black up, untachaina, counts 8; all white up, 8; 
seven white up, untokalo, 7; six white up, hanali, 6; five white up, tustslata, 5; 
four white up, oshta, 4; three white up, tuchaina, 3; two white up, takalok, 2; 
one white up, chofa, 1. 
NATCHESAN STOCK 
Natcuez. Louisiana. 
Le Page du Pratz® says, referring to the women’s game of the 
Natchez: 
These pieces with which they play are three little bits of cane, from 8 to 9 
inches long, split in two equal parts and pointed at the ends. Each piece is 
distinguished by the designs which are engraved on the convex side. They 
play three at a time and each woman has her piece. To play this game they 
hold two of these pieces of cane on the open left hand and the third in the 
right hand, the round side uppermost, with which they strike upon the others, 
taking care to touch only the end. The three pieces fall, and when there are 
two of them which have the convex side uppermost the player marks one point. 
If there is only one, she marks nothing. After the first the two others play 
in their turn. 
PIMAN STOCK 
Opava. Sonora. 
Dr A. F. Bandelier® speaks of patol, or quince, as a social game 
played often on the streets. 
Paraco. Pima county, Arizona. (Cat. no. 174516, United States 
National Museum.) 
Set of four sticks (figure 165) of saguaro cactus, about 9} inches in 
length, three-fourths of an inch in width, and one-fourth of an 
inch thick. 
These are painted solid red on one side, “ which is flat and marked 
with black lines of numerical and sex significance.” They were col- 
lected by Dr W J McGee and Mr William Dinwiddie. The game is 
described by the collectors under the name of ghingskoot : 
The four marked faces receive the following names: Old man (@), young man 
(b), old woman (c), young woman (d). In the play the sticks are held verti- 
4 Histoire de la Louisiane, v. 5, p. 4, Paris, 1758. 
> Final Report. Papers of the Archeological Institute of America, Am. series, pt. 1, p. 
240, Cambridge, 1890. 
