402 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [BTH. ann. 24 
This object is stated by the collector to be a rabbit club, which is 
glanced or thrown along the surface of the snow to kill the animal, 
“like a snow-snake.” 
Fia. 513. Snow-snake; length, 26} inches; Chippewa Indians, Mille Lacs, Minnesota; cat. no. 
204597, United States National Museum. 
Curerewa. Bear island, Leech lake, Minnesota. (American Museum 
of Natural History.) 
Cat. no. ;3%,. Snow-snake (figure 514a), a straight stick, pointed 
at one end, 26 inches in length. 
Cat. no. 3%5. Snow-snake (figure 5146), curvea upward and ex- 
panding at the farther end, 294 inches in length. 
These specimens were collected in 1903 by Dr William Jones, who 
describes them as played on the snow and called shoshiman, sliders. 
Fic. 514 a,b. Snow-snakes; lengths, 26 and 29} inches; Chippewa Indians, Bear island, Leech 
lake, Minnesota; cat. no. 7$%5, ?$2, American Museum of Natural History. 
Fig. 515. Snow-snakes; length, 12} inches; Chippewa Indians, Bear island, Leech lake, Minne- 
sota; cat. no. $y), American Museum of Natural History. 
Cat. no. $95. Six snow-snakes (figure 515), 123 inches in length, 
with fore ends turned upward and carved differently. 
Collected by Dr William Jones, who describes them under the name 
of shoshiman, sliders : 
A small boy’s game. Hach has an equal number. Played on a ridge of snow, 
down which a little groove is made. The object is to send the stick the farthest. 
