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In conclusion, Mr Riggs adds: 
The special marking of the sticks is done on the line of personal history. 
Whatever is indicated by the kind of eagle feathers a man is entitled to wear on 
his head, and by the notches in them, this is all hieroglyphed 
on his stick in the tiyotipi. Then these bundles of sticks are 
used for gambling. The question is ‘Odd or even?” The 
forfeits are paid in meat for the tiyotipi. 
The gambling mat used in the stick game by the 
Thompson (figure 335) suggests a probable explana- 
tion of the origin of the long woven head ornament, 
consisting of a strip or net made of native hemp (fig- 
ure 309) worn down the back by the Hupa in one of 
their dances. From the general resemblance of the 
two objects and the constant use of other gambling 
implements as head ornaments, the writer is inclined 
to connect the Hupa head band with their common 
game of kin. It may have been used to wrap the sticks 
or asa mat for the game. 
ALGONQUIAN STOCK 
AtconkKIN. Three Rivers. Quebec. 
Pierre Boucher ® says: 
The game of straw (paille) is played with little straws 
made for this purpose and which are divided very unequally ae 
into three parts, as in hazard. Our Frenchmen have not yet Fig.a00. Head or- 
Se es: eae ad ; ‘ nament; length, 
been able to learn this game. It is full of vivacy; and 38 inches; Hupa 
straws are among them what cards are with us. Indians, Hupa 
valley, Califor- 
Curerewa. Turtle mountain, North Dakota. (Cat. nia; cat. no.37263, 
no. ;2%,, American Museum of Natural Rene, 
History.) University of 
Eleven sticks (figure 310), painted saplings, 18 inches — P°™™s¥1v8n!#- 
long. These were collected in 1903 by Dr William Jones, who 
described them as used in a game called agintakunanatiwinani, 
stick counting. 
Two men play. One takes the sticks, five in one hand and six in the other, 
Fig. 310. Stick game; length of sticks, 18 inches; Chippewa Indians, Turtle mountain, North 
Dakota; cat. no. 737, American Museum of Natural History. 
his opponent guessing which hand held the odd stick, touching the hand he 
selects. The division and guess are effected with great rapidity. 
“Wistoire Véritable et Naturelle des Moeurs et Productions du Pays de la Novelle 
France, ch. 10, Paris, 1664. 
