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bone is wrapped with a broad band of black leather. Collected 
by the writer in 1900. 
Dr George A. Dorsey “ describes the game as follows: 
Soktis.—This is the well-known hand or grass game, 
of which two sets were collected. One set consists of 
four bone cylinders 24 inches long and three-quarters of 
an inch in diameter. Two of them have a groove about 
the center, one-half inch in width, which has been filled 
with many wrappings of black thread. The other set con- 
sists of two bones, the same length as those in the pre- 
ceding set, but with a diameter not quite as great. Both 
of the bones of this set are plugged at the end with a 
piece of wood, while into the other a rifle cartridge has 
Rigdon eRorestorhand been thrust. One of the bones has two grooves one- 
game; length, 3inches; quarter of an inch in width and situated from each other 
Makah Indians, Neah about three-eighths of an inch. The center of the bone 
bay, Washington; cat. jving between these grooyes is occupied by a band of 
no. 37379, Free Museum a n 4 5 : 
a Satis ancl cn Wms circles, each one having a hole in the center. This 
University of Pennsyl Set is beautifully polished from long handling and is 
vania. yellow with age. The marked pieces in the Makah game 
are known as chokope or men, the unmarked being hayop 
or female. In playing they always guess for the female. The count is kept 
with twenty sticks (katsak). 
Nootka. British Columbia. 
Dr Franz Boas? says: 
A guessing game is frequently played between two parties, who sit in two rows 
opposite each other. One party hides a stone, the men passing it from hand to 
hand. The other party has to guess where it is (tét’ét Ek’tlis). The following 
song, although belonging originally to Cape IFlattery, is used all along the west 
coast of Vancouver island in playing the game lehal: 
A aN A 
a> Ee ———_ SS —— 
=o === = |= oe == 
ater an Ji, nee e oes. 
14 wia - 6, a -la - wia - 6 a - la - wia-0 
la wia - 6, tlé- as - go-dak a - 1a - wia-o 
A A A 
——— — at = == == 
Se os toe a = 
a-la-wid-6 a - a- la-wia-6 a-la-wia-6 a - la - wid - 6. 
Nac-wi-td-ah a - a- la-wia-6 a -la-wia-od a-la - wid - 6: 
Le., I, Nacwitoah, have missed it. 
WASHOAN STOCK 
Wasno. Carson valley and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 
Dr J. W. Hudson says: 
The hand game, hi-nai-yaéu-kia, is played by any number, generally six to a 
side. The plain bone is called ték-ye’-e’-mi, and the bound bone ta-tai’-i-ta. 
2 Games of the Makah Indians of Neah Bay. The American Antiquarian, v. 23, p. 71, 
1901. 
> Second General Report on the Indians of British Columbia. Report of the Sixtieth 
Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 590, London, 1891. 
