294 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS | [eru. ann. 24 
These were collected by Dr J. W. Hudson, who describes them as 
used in the grass game. 
Yoxuts. Tule River reservation, Tulare county, California. (Cat. 
no. 70379, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Four sticks, 1 inches long and one-fourth inch in diameter, two 
plain and two painted black, with loops for tying to the fingers, 
and ten unpeeled maple counting sticks, 9 inches in length 
(figure 382). 
These were collected by Dr J. W. Hudson, who describes them as 
used in the game called tatat: 
Played by two persons, each of whom has a pair of sticks, one white and one 
black ; one player puts his hands behind him and rings two of the four fingers 
on his right hand with the cords attached to the two sticks. He then brings 
Fig. 382. Sticks and counters for hand game; length of sticks, 1} inches; length of counters, 9 
inches: Yokuts Indians, Tule River reservation, Tulare county, California; cat. no. 70379, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
out his hand, covering the fingers with his left hand. The opposite player 
endeavors to guess whether the black or white stick is nearest the thumb or 
whether the two sticks are attached to adjoining or separated fingers. 
MOQUELUMNAN STOCK 
Cuowcnitia. Grant Springs, Mariposa county, California. 
Dr J. W. Hudson describes these Indians as playing the hand 
game under the name of hinawu: 
The bound bone is called ti-ya-u-ni (female); the plain, nfing-a (man). 
Ten counting sticks, hi-hfi, are used. The call gesture is nét, “ there !” 
They also play a game called hu’-sa, in which one guesses which hand hides 
a hidden seed or nut. 
Torinacucim. Big creek, Tuolumne county, California. (Field 
Columbian Museum. ) 
Cat. no. 70216. Four bones (figure 383), 3% inches in length, two 
wrapped with leather thongs and two plain. 
Cat. no. 70217. Three bones (figure 384), 34 inches in length, two 
wrapped with thongs and one plain; incomplete set. 
