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Collected by Mr Louis L. Meeker," who describes the implement 
under the name of paslo hanpi, as thrown by boys on the ice. 
Cat. no. 22128. A thin straight dart (figure 538), 293 inches in 
length, tipped with a cone of horn and having a bunch of 
feathers secured with sinew at the shaftment. 
Pia. 538. Boys’ throwing-arrow; length, 29} inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reserva- 
tion, South Dakota; cat. no. 22128, Free Museum of Sciencs and Art, University of Pennsyl- 
vanila. 
Described by the collector, Mr Louis L. Meeker,’ under the name 
of pte heste, as thrown underhand by boys against the ground to 
glance to a great distance. The one whose stick goes farthest takes 
all the other sticks. This game is described by Dr J. R. Walker ¢ 
among the Tetons under the name of woskate pte heste, game of the 
young cow. 
Any number of persons may play. Each player may have any number of 
arrows, but all players should have the same number. Two parallel lines are 
drawn from 20 to 30 feet apart. The players take their position on one side of 
these lines. A player must throw his horned arrow so that it may strike be- 
tween the two lines and slide beyond them. The players throw alternately 
until all the arrows are thrown. At the end the player whose arrow lies 
farthest from the lines wins the game. 
Cat. no. 22132. A slender sapling (figure 539) tipped with a horn 
point, 63 inches in length. 
Described by the collector, Mr Louis L. Meeker.” under the name of - 
winyanta paslo hanpi, the girls’ throwing-stick. 
The sticks, held by the extreme end, with forefinger behind. are cast high 
in the air. The game is played for small sticks about the size of lead pencils, or 
larger, the same as are used for counters by the men in the moccasin game. 
This game is described by Dr J. R. Walker® under the name of 
woskate hepaslohanpi, game of horned javelins, and the implement 
he gives as hewahukezala, horned javelin. 
The gaine is played by throwing the javelin so that it will strike and slide on 
the snow or ice, and the one whose javelin slides the farthest wins. 
Daxora (Trron). Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. (Ameri- 
can. Museum of Natural History.) 
Cat. no. 785. Two pairs of sticks (figure 540), flat on one side and 
rounded on the other, slightly expanded, and turned up at the 
end, one set 48 inches and the other 44 inches in length; one set 
plain and the other with three dragon flies painted on the upper 
®Ogalala Games. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art, v. 3, p. 35, Phila: 
delphia, 1901. 
> Tbid., p. 34. 
¢ Sioux Games. Journal of American Folk-Lore, v. 19, p. 82, 1906. 
4QOgalala Games. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art, vy. 3, p. 36, Phila- 
delphia, 1901. 
e Sioux Games. Journal of American Folk-Lore, v. 19, p. 36, 1906. 
