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and the other distinguished by a little thread wound round it, the opposite party 
being required to guess in which hand the marked stick is to be found. A 
Chinook will play at this simple game for days and nights together, until he has 
gambled away everything he possesses, even to his wife. 
Curnook. Columbia river, Oregon. 
John Dunn? says: 
One of their usual games is this: One man takes a small stone, which he 
shifts from hand to hand repeatedly, all the while humming a low, monotonous 
air. The bet being made, according as the adversary succeeds in grasping the 
hand which contains the stone he wins or loses. The game is generally played 
with great fairness. 
Ross Cox? says: 
Their common game is a simple kind of hazard. One man takes a small stone, 
which he changes for some time from hand to hand, all the while humming a 
slow, monotonous air. The bet is then made, and according as his adversary 
succeeds in guessing the hand in which the stone is concealed, he wins or loses. 
They seldom cheat, and submit to their losses with the most philosophical resig- 
nation. 
Crarsor. Mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon. 
Lewis and Clark*® give the followimg account: 
The games are of two kinds. In the first, one of the company assumes the 
office of banker and plays against the rest. He takes a small stone about the 
size of a bean, which he shifts from one hand to the other with great dexterity, 
repeating at the same time a song adapted to the game, which serves to divert 
the attention of the company; till, having agreed on the stake, he holds out his 
hands, and the antagonist wins or loses as he succeeds or fails at guessing in 
which hand is the stone. After the banker has lost his money, or whenever he 
is tired, the Stone is transferred to another, who in 
turn challenges the rest of the company. 
Wasco. Hood river, Oregon. (Cat. no. 
60471, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Four bone cylinders (figure 364), from leg 
bones, yellow and polished from use and 
age, 3 inches in length; two wrapped in 
Fig. 364, Bones for hand two places by a buckskin thong in a groove 
game; length, 3 inches; : a . ‘ 6 
dase SihalneavhOeeeons which has been cut in for the reception of 
cat. no, 60471, Field Colum- the band. On each end of the marked 
bian Museum. Ree males 
os ¥ bones are five deep, sharp incisions. 
These were collected in 1900 by Dr George A. Dorsey, who says: 
The game is tlukuma. The unmarked bone is cola, “man,” and the marked 
hone, skaguilak, “ woman.’”’ The marks on the end of bones are yakimutema. 
The counters, wowuk, were burned upon the death of the owner's brother. 
«The Oregon Territory, p. 98, Philadelphia, 1845. 
>The Columbia River, vol. 1, p. 802, London, 1831. 
¢ History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark, y. 2, p. 784, New 
York, 1898, 
