CULIN] STICK GAMES: WHILKUT 239 
Tururnt. Siletz reservation, Oregon. (Cat. no. 63606, Field Colum- 
bian Museum. ) 
A bundle of one hundred and sixty-nine wooden splints (figure 323), 
pointed at the ends, 12 inches in length, two with black bands in 
the center, and the remainder plain white; twelve willow count- 
ing sticks (figure 324), pointed at the ends, 91 inches in length; 
a tubular wooden pipe (figure 325), 10 inches in length. 
These were collected by Mr T. Jay Bufort, who furnished the fol- 
lowing description of the game under the name of tussi: 
This game is played very much the same as the bone hand game, the only 
difference being that the reeds are held in the hands behind the back and there 
Fig. 325. 
Fig. 323. Stick game: length of splints, 12 inches; Tututni Indians, Siletz reservation, Oregon; 
eat. no. 63606, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fig. 324. Counting sticks for stick game; length, 9} inches; Tututni Indians, Siletz reservation, 
Oregon; cat. no. 63606, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fic. 325. Wooden pipe used in stick game; length, 10 inches; Tututni Indians. Siletz reserva- 
tion, Oregon; cat. no. 63606, Field Columbian Museum. 
shuffled and divided, part in each hand. The hands are then held, one beside 
each leg, and the opposite party guesses by pointing and loses if he indicates the 
hand holding the marked stick. Tally is kept by means of twelve counters. 
Wuixer. Humboldt county, California. (Free Museum of Sci- 
ence and Art, University of Pennsylvania.). 
Cat. no. 37245. Set of forty-five fine splints (figure 326), one marked 
with black: length, 8 inches. 
FiG. 326. Stick game; length of splints, 8 inches: Whilkut Indians, California: cat. no. 37245, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Cat. no. 37246. Set of sixty-six coarse splints, three marked with 
black; length, 82 inches. 
Cat. no 37247. Set of one hundred and twelve fine splints, three 
marked with black: length, 8} inches. 
These were collected by the writer in 1900, and are all designated 
hotchikin. 
