cuLIn] HIDDEN-BALL GAME 335 
Cat. no. 14654. Five twigs of willow, about 12 inches in length, 
pointed at one end. 
Cat. no. 14655. Seven twigs, about 12 inches in length, similar to 
the above. 
Cat. no. 14660. Seven twigs, about 12 inches in length, similar to 
the above. 
These last three numbers are the accompanying counting sticks. 
All were collected by Maj. J. W. Powell. The above implements 
are evidently intended for the preceding game. Mr J. K. Hillers 
writes that they were used in a game (figure 443) played by Indians 
on the Muddy reservation, a game of odd or even. The sticks are 
placed under cover in two places. Then a chant begins, as in ne ang- 
puki. The guessing is done in the same way. 
WASHOAN STOCK 
Pao. Carson valley, Nevada. 
Dr J. W. Hudson describes the following game played by men 
under the name of tsutsu: 
A mu-tal’ basket is inverted and held with the left hand touching the ground, 
while nine small sticks are held in the right hand. The player slips a certain 
number of these nine sticks under the plaque while juggling and singing. The 
opponent guesses at the number (even or odd) of sticks under the basket. 
Wasno. Carson valley and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 
Dr J. W. Hudson describes the following game under the name 
of it-dtsu-dtsu : ¢ 
Four sticks are employed, two large, 10 inches long, bound with buckskin, 
regarded as female, and called it-tai-ta, and two plain, 74 
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inches long, regarded as male, and called it-dtsu-dtsu. The | f n & 
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buckskin binding on the longer sticks prevents noise when | | y a 
they are hidden. The four sticks are juggled under a win- {¢ uJ Uy od 
nowing basket, mu-tal’, and then relative positions guessed 
at by the opponent. The three positions (figure +44) in 
which the sticks may be placed receive the following names: 
a, ke-hel-kul; 06, ka-ha-tsup; c, kum-de-we, deer, or kum-da- 
mu. The four sticks are placed in one of these positions 
under the basket while its holder is singing and invoking 
Tu-li-shi, the wolf, at the same time violently vibrating the 
basket against the ground. If guessed right, the sticks are 
forfeit. An incorrect guess forfeits a counter. Eight count- 
ers, me-te-em, are used. 
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Fia.444. Position of 
sticks in four-stick 
game; Washo In- 
dians, Nevada; 
A game of hiding something in one of several Bea ney 
places, usually four, the opponents guessing where cee ie 
it is concealed. The implements employed are of two kinds: (a) 
cane tubes or wooden cups derived from the canes, and () moccasins. 
The cane tubes, in their original forms, bear the characteristic marks 
of the arrows of the four directions, precisely like the canes used in the 
Hippen-BaLt GaAmeE, or Moccastn 
* Compare Kularapan, tsu, arrow; tsu-tsu, arrows. 
