340 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [rTH. Ann. 24 
ALGONQUIAN STOCK 
Curprpewa. Minnesota. (Cat. no. 153033, United States National 
Museum. ) 
Set of four buckskin moccasins; four bullets, one plain and three 
covered with twisted wire (figure 450): and twenty counting 
sticks, peeled, unpainted twigs , 134 inches in length (figure 451), 
catalogued as accompanied with a pouch to contain them. Col- 
lected by Dr Walter J. Hoffman. 
Fig. 451. 
Fic. 450. Bullets for moccasin game; diameter, ;{; Inch; Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; cat. no. 
153033, United States National Museum. 
Fic. 451. Counting sticks for moccasin game; length, 13! inches; Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; 
cat. no. 153033, United States National Museum. 
Bois fort, near Rainy river, Minnesota. (Cat. no. 734 
American Museum of Natural History.) 
Four bullets (figure 452), one of white lead, three-eighths of an inch 
in diameter. 
They were collected in 1903 by Dr William Jones, who describes 
them as hidden in the moccasin game. Moc- 
casins are used, and the game has the same 
name as at Turtle mountain. 
— Mille Lacs, Minnesota. 
Mr D. I. Bushnell, jr, describes a mocea- 
Fig. 452. Bullets for mocea- sin game (figure 453) which he witnessed at 
sin game; diameter, three- S ARS 9 5 
eighths of aninch; Chippewa Mille Lacs in 1900: 
Indians, Bois fort, Minne- The game lasted thirty-six hours. The stakes 
Sota; eat. nO. aits, American vere two badly worn neckties. It was played with 
Museum of Natural History. WEISS OMAO) TEESOES WHEE) i ri MIRREN AS Vi 
four metal balls, three of copper and one of lead. 
The “moccasins ” were four pieces of buckskin cut in the shape of moccasin 
soles. It was played to the beating of a drum, which was passed from side to 
side. 
