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Mr Eells@ describes a game among the Twana played with one or 
two small bones as follows: 
The young men and older boys play this most. The players sit opposite each 
other about 6 feet apart, from one to six or more on a side, each party in front 
of a long pole. Then one person takes one or 
both of the bones in his hands and rapidly 
changes them from one hand to the other. One 
person on the opposite side guesses in which 
hand one is. If only one bone is used, he 
guesses which hand it is in, and if both are 
used, he guesses in which hand a certain one is. 
If he guesses aright, he wins and plays next; 
but if not, he loses, and the other continues to 
Fie. 397. Bones for hand game; pjay. While each one is playing, the rest of 
length, 2} inches; Twana Indians, i Ns rs 
Washington; cat. no. 19748, 19749, iS party beat with a small stick upon the 
Field Columbian Museum. larger one in front of them, and keep up a 
regular sing-song noise in regular time. Small 
sums are generally bet in this game, from 50 cents to $1.50. Different ones 
play according as they are more or less successful. Sometimes they grow so 
expert, even if the guess is right, that the one playing can change the bone to the 
other hand without its being seen. 
Elsewhere” Mr Eells says: 
The tally is usually kept by two of the players, one for each side, with sticks 
§ or 10 inches long, sharpened at one end and stuck in the ground. These 
sticks are moyed according to the success of either party. A modified form of 
this game is played by using two larger bones or pieces of wood. One of these 
is marked in some way, either with a string tied around the middle of it, a 
carved circle, or if it be of wood the bark may be removed except in the middle, 
where a zone is left. When the small bones are used, it is optional whether 
one or two be employed, but when they play with the larger ones it is neces- 
sary that both be used, for if the player has but one it would plainly be seen 
in which hand it was. 
SHAHAPTIAN STOCK 
Nez Perces. Idaho. 
It is related by Lewis and Clark: ° 
The Indians divided themselves into two parties and began to play the game 
of hiding a bone, already described as common to all the natives of this country, 
which they continued playing for beads and other ornaments. 
Capt. B. L. E. Bonneville? gives the following account: 
The choral chant, in fact, which had thus acted as a charm, was a kind of 
accompaniment to the favorite Indian game of ‘“ Hand.’ This is played by two 
parties drawn out in opposite platoons before a blazing fire. It is in some 
respects like the old game of passing the ring or the button, and detecting the 
hand which holds it. In the present game the object hidden, or the cache as it 
° Bulletin United States Geological and Geographical Survey, vy. 3, p. 89, Washington, 
1877. 
*> The Twana, Chemakum, and Klallam Indians of Washington Territory. Annual Report 
of the Smithsonian Institution for 1887, p. 648, 1889. 
¢ History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark, v. 3, p. 1008, 
New York, 1893. 
(The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. 8. A., by Washington Irving, p. 376, New 
York, 1860. 
