200 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [eru. ann. 24 
side, which is uniformly marked lengthwise in the center with 
a band of red paint about one-half inch in width; opposite 
side rounded and unpainted. Collected by Dr Edward Palmer. 
Fic. 266. Stick dice; length, 8 inches; Cocopa Indians, Sonora, Mexico; cat. no. 76165, United 
States National Museum. 
Havasupar. Arizona. 
Mr G. Wharton James has furnished the writer an account of the 
following game (figure 267) : 
Squatted around a circle of small stones, the circle having an opening at a 
certain portion of its circumference called the yam-se-kyalb-ye-ka, and a large 
flat stone in the center called taa-be-che-ka, the Havasupai play the game called 
hue-ta-quee-che-ka. Any number of players can engage in the game. 
Fic. 267. Havasupai Indian girls playing stick dice; Arizona; from photograph by Mr G. 
Wharton James. 
The players are chosen into sides. The first player begins the game by hold- 
ing in his hand three pieces of short stick, white on one side and red on the 
other. These sticks are called toh-be-ya, and take the place of our dice. They 
are flung rapidly upon the central stone, taa-be-che-ka, and as they fall counts 
are made as follows: Three whites up count 10; two whites, one red up, 2; 
two reds, one white up, 3; three reds, 5. Tallies are kept by placing short 
