180 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ern any. 24 
Cat. no. 22121. Wooden cup, tampa, 32 inches in diameter and 2 
inches deep (figure 235)—a model such as would be used by a 
child. 
These objects were collected by Mr Louis L. Meeker,* who says: 
The game is played like dice. Bach spider [figure 233] counts 4; each lizard, 
38, and each turtle, 6. There is a connection between the native term for spider, 
inktomi, and the number 4, topa or tom. The turtle presents six visible mem- 
bers when it walks. An old woman here has plum stones marked with the 
above signs, and also with a face, a thunder hawk, and a bear track. She has 
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Fig. 234. Fig. 235. 
, Fia. 288. Plum-stone dice; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota; cat. 
no. 22119, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fia. 234. Basket for dice; diameter, 8} inches, Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reservation, 
South Dakota; cat. no. 22120, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
F 1a. 235. Wooden cup for dice; diameter, 34 inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reser- 
vation, South Dakota; cat. no. 22121, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
Vania. 
three sets of three pairs each. The third set bears a buffalo face on one and 
marks that represent the pickets of a buffalo-surround on the others. Those 
were used only to secure success in the buffalo hunt. The wagers were sacri- 
fices. 
Daxora (Santee). Minnesota. 
Philander Prescott gives the following account in Schoolcraft : 
They play with a dish and use plum stones figured and marked. Seven is the 
game. Sometimes they throw the whole count; at others they throw two or 
three times, but frequently miss, and the next one takes the dish. The dish 
which they play in is round and will hold about 2 quarts. Women play this 
game more than the men and often lose all their trinkets at it. 
“Ogalala Games. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art, v. 3, p. 31, Phila- 
delphia, 1901. 
> Information respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of 
the United States, pt. 4, p. 64, Philadelphia, 1856. 
