290 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [peru ann. 24 
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Collected by Mr C. F. Briggs, who states that they are used by the 
Pomo and all other Indians in that part of California. 
Pomo. Ukiah, California. (Field Columbian Museum.) 
Cat. no. 61144. Four cylindrical bones (figure 374) from legs of 
mountain lion, 3 inches in length; two bound with native twine, 
which passes through the tube and back under 
(ta. Ciara ma ‘ 5 E 
i ) wrapping on outside of bone. Smooth and 
= ae aren) highly polished. 
The above specimens were collected in 1900 by 
(! \ ) _) Dr George A. Dorsey, who states that the native 
——— name is shoduwia. 
aren) cree ait rpaee s e nde 
hy —__ -_— 
Fig. 374. Bones for 
hand game; length, 
3inches; Pomo In Cat. no. 61192. Four very old and highly pol- 
dians, California; ee , ae 5 5 
cat) no./61i44 mield ished bones( figure 875), 24 inches in length, 
Columbian Museum. from the foot of the mountain lion. Two 
unmarked bones have on the side a row of excavated pits, 9 on 
one, 6 on the other. The other two bones are bound in the middle 
with native cordage, which passes also inside and outside the 
bone. Each of these latter has a circle of black dots near one 
end, one composed of 7 and the other of 9 dots. — 
These specimens were collected by Dr J. W. _ = 
Hudson in 1900, who gives the native name as coka, rs (Gee 
eastern. Doctor Hudson informed the writer that — - =I aN 
the pits or dots on the bones represent the king- L 2 
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fisher, bidama chata, the patron of the gamblers. See 
Sho equals “ east; du-wi equals “ night... The game is 
played by fire light in sweat houses.—(J. W. H.) 
Ulaah valley, Mendocino county, California. — =a 
Dr J. W. Hudson describes shoka (coka), east- ETS — 
ern game, the usual hand or grass game. ECE tye ise 
: : hand game; length, 
The guesser, when calling tep, guesses that the plain 2} inches; Pomo In- 
bone is in the hand in front of the player. If correct he  dians,California; cat. 
+ . : . 6119% i Jo- 
takes the bones. When calling wi, he means the bound 2° 61192, Field Co 
hse rare : : lumbian Museum. 
bone is in the hand in front. This tribe always keep one 
of their hands in front and one behind when juggling the bones. <A caller can 
eall ko, both, which means that he guesses at both opponents, and the hands are 
” 
A “ko,” or tso’-lo-pa, if correct, wins both opponents’ bones. ‘ Tep,” or “ wi 
call refers to the opponent pointed at only, and the other partner must win back 
the bones lost before the game can proceed in the orthodox way or lose his play. 
The following archaic calls are very rarely heard in the hand game: 
U’yu equals the high one, the wi bone, or kai-yé’; or nau-wa-tea-tcim equals 
sit-behind-him. Ka-tu’-shél equals the short one, the tép bone. 
