CULIN] SNOW-SNAKE!: CREE 403 
Curerrwa. Bois fort, near Rainy river, Minnesota. (Cat. no. ¢3?;, 
American Museum of Natural History.) 
Wooden club (figure 516), made of white cedar, tapering to the point 
and burned black; 22 inches in length. Collected by Dr Wil- 
liam Jones in 1903. 
Fig. 516. Snow-snake; length, 22 inches; Chippewa Indians, Bois fort, Minnesota: cat. no. z$94, 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Turtle mountain, North Dakota. (Cat. no. ;$$,, American 
Museum of Natural History.) 
Wooden club (figure 517), 214 inches long, expanded at the upper end 
and painted red. . 
Collected in 1903 by Dr William Jones, who describes it as thrown 
on the snow with a wrist movement and gives the name as kwashkwa- 
shiman, bounding slider. 
Fic. 517. Snow-snake; length, 21} inches; Chippewa Indians, Turtle mountain, North Dakota; 
cat. no. 734;, American Museum of Natural History. 
Cree. Muskowpetung reserve, Qu’appelle, Assiniboia. (Field Co- 
lumbian Museum. ) 
Cat. no. 61989. Wooden dart (figure 518), 7% inches in length, the 
shaft decorated with a burnt design; described by the collector, 
under the name of puckitseeman. ; 
‘ 
Played by any number of persons, of either sex or any age, either singly or by 
partners. A narrow track is made down the side of a hill covered with show 
for a distance of 60 feet or ; 
more. This track is iced. The 
puck is started at the top of the 
track; it is not shoved, but 
-, . F1G.518. Snow-dart(puckitseeman); length, 7} inches; 
must start off by its own weight. : ered 5 
Bet : é SST eg iE Cree Indians, Assiniboia; cat. no. 61989, Field Colum- 
The track is barred at four bian Museum. 
points, about 10 feet apart, by 
snow barriers. The object is to pass the puck through as many as possible ot 
all of the four barriers, and at the same time to have it not leave the track. 
To win, the dart must be passed through all four barriers four times by the 
Same person or partners. Count is kept, however, according to the number of 
barriers passed through. Considerable skill is acquired in this game in the 
handling of the puck. ’ 
Cat. no. 61991. Wooden dart (figure 519), similar to the preceding, 
but longer; length, 18} inches. 
This is described by the collector, under the name of shooceeman; 
throwing to slide: 
Played by men only, either singly or in partnership. Four barriers of loose 
snow are constructed at distances of a few feet apart and immediately behind 
each other. 
