230 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN, INDIANS _ [era ann. 24 
Cree. Wind River reservation, Wyoming. (Cat. no. 37027, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
‘Twenty-nine peeled willow twigs (figure 311), 18 inches in length. 
These were collected in 1900 by the writer, for whom they were 
made by a Cree of Riel’s band, who gave the name as tepashgue ma- 
tun and said the game was derived from the Salish. 
Played by two persons. One takes the bundle and rolls the sticks in his hands 
and divides them into two parts, throwing one bundle to the other player, who 
guesses which contains the even number of sticks. If the bundle designated is 
odd, the guesser loses. Sometimes the sticks are divided into two bundles and 
held crosswise, the other then guessing. They do not sing at this game. 
Fig. 311. Stick game; length of sticks, 18 inches; Cree Indians, Wyoming; cat. no. 37027, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
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Muskowpetung reserve, Qu’appelle, Assiniboia. (Cat. no. 
61987, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Bundle of twenty-five slender willow splints (figure 312), 19 inches 
in length. 
They are used in the game of counting sticks, ahkitaskoomnah- 
mahtowinah, and are described as follows by the collector, Mr J. A. 
Mitchell: 
Played by both men and women or by either separately. Players are divided 
into two parties, seated opposite each other. Stakes of money, clothing, ete., 
are then put up in a common lot. The person inviting the players begins the 
game by secretly dividing the bundle 
of twenty-five sticks into two lots, 
holding one bundle in either hand. 
If his opponent chooses the bundle ait re 
containing the even number of F!G. 312. Stick game; length of sticks, 19 inches; 
r: Cree Indians, Assiniboia; cat. no. 61987, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
sticks, he wins; if the odd bundle, 
he loses, and the play passes to the 
next couple. Play is kept up until either one or the other party desires to 
stop, when the wagered articles are taken possession of by the party haying 
made the most points and are divided among all that party. The game is 
sometimes kept up for several days and nights. 
Tuuinors. Illinois. 
Mr Andrew McFarland Davis states: 
I am indebted to Dr Trumbull for information that a MS. Illinois dictionary 
(probably compiled by Gravier, about 1700) gives many of the terms used in 
the games of straws and dice. 
Massacuuset. Massachusetts. 
William Wood, in his New England’s Prospect,’ says: 
They haye two sorts of games, one called puim, the other hubbub, not much 
unlike cards and dice, being no other than lottery. Puim is fifty or sixty 
« Bulletin of the Essex Institute, vy. 18, note p. 177, Salem, 1886. 
» London, 1634; Reprint, p. 90, Boston, 1898. 
