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ran the third time, Coyote being out of breath, sent Fox in his stead, but Kokmat 
also sent his brother. When the two chief characters ran again, they passed 
together by the vessel containing the seed, and each tried to kick it on before 
him, so the race ceased and the contest took on a different form. When they 
had tried very long and neither had gained any advantage, Fox proposed to cast 
lots with four sticks, one each for Kokmat, his brother, Coyote, and Fox. He 
made the sticks half white and half red, and, hiding them, asked Kokmat which 
color were the sticks for himself and his brother, purporting to turn the sticks in 
his own favor. But Kokmat made him strike them upward with a stone, to 
count one if all fell white, two if all fell red, and nothing if they fell mixed. 
While they played, Coyote and Fox cheating and quibbling in every conceiv- 
able way, the sticks very seldom fell all of a color; Kokmat meantime had the 
red-headed woodpecker carrying away the seed in his bill to all parts of the 
world. 
From the ashes of the woman and the ashes of all the woods and from all the 
seeds that were powdered sprang up the present generation. 
The mortar, stones, and earthern vessels used were copied by men. Baskets 
and woven mats were patterned after Spider’s webs. The games we play rep- 
resent the contests between Kokmat and his Brother (Spider) or Kokmat and 
Coyote. 
Each of these four were both male and female, but the female side of Spider 
became the wife of Kokmat, who alone married. 
Mission Inprans. Mesa Grande, California. (Field Columbian Mu- 
seum. ) 
Cat. no. 62537. Four wooden staves, 12 inches long and 1} inches 
wide, marked on one face with burnt lines as shown in figure 
269. 
Coceecscve Cle 
Fig. 269. Fig. 270. 
Fig. 269. Stick dice; length, 12 inches; Mission Indians, Mesa Grande, California; cat. no. 62537, 
Field Columbian Museum. 
Fig. 270. Stick dice and board; length of sticks, 3} inches; length of board, 9 inches; Mission 
Indians, Mesa Grande, California; cat. no. 62536, Field Columbian Museum. 
These were collected by Mr C. B. Watkins, who describes them as 
used in the game of can welso. The sticks are thrown with an over- 
hand movement. The marked sides are counted. The game is played 
in silence. 
Cat. no. 62536. Four wooden sticks, 3} inches in length and seven- 
eighths of an inch wide, round on one side and flat on the other, 
the latter being marked with burnt cross lines as shown in figure 
