208 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [E5TH. Ann. 24 
These were collected by Mr H. P. Ewing, who gave the following 
account of the game under the name of tawfa: 
The Walapai call this game taw-fa, from the manner of throwing the sticks 
against a stone. The play is as follows: 
Place fifty small stones in a circle about 4 feet in diameter, arranging them 
close together except at one point in the circle, 
which remains open. Opposite this open space a 
larger stone is placed. These stones are the 
roy counters, and the game is counted by moving the 
% stones around the circle. An equal number of 
Q stones is placed on each side of the large stone, 
3 and whichever contestant gets to the large stone 
) first wins. In playing the game, one person takes 
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the little billets of wood, which are three in num- 
ber, rounded on one side and flat on the other, 
19) and holds them between the thumb and first two 
S06 Beo00 fingers so that they are parallel. She throws 
Fic. 279. Circuit for stick dice; them so that the three ends will strike on a 
Walapai Indians, Walapai res- large stone in the center of the circle. The count 
ervation, Arizona; fromsketch js ag follows: One flat side up counts 1; two 
[Py MORE Tea hint flat sides up, 3; three flat sides up, 5; three flat 
sides down, 10. This game of taw-fa is little plaved now among the Walapai, 
ecards having taken its place. 
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Yuma. Fort Yuma, Arizona. (Cat. no. IV B 1660, Berlin Museum 
fiir Volkerkunde. ) 
Fic. 280. Stick dice; length, 6} inches; Yuma Indians, Arizona; cat. no. IV B 1660, Berlin 
Museum fiir Vélkerkunde 
Set of four blocks of wood, 64 inches in length, 1} inches in width, and 
five-eighths of an inch in thickness; one side flat and painted 
with designs, as shown in figure 280, in red; opposite side 
rounded and painted red. 
The collector, Mr Samuel Jacobsen, gives the name as tadak, and 
states that it is a woman’s game. 
