cuLIN] HOOP AND POLE: PIEGAN 447 
A very popular sport was with a hoop, tautmusq, and spear or arrow, 
allunth. The players arranged themselves in two parallel lines, some 40 feet 
apart, each one armed with a reed spear. A hoop was then rolled rapidly at an 
equal distance between the lines. Each player hurled his spear at it, the object 
being to stop the hoop by casting the spear within its rim. When stopped, the 
shaft must lie within the hoop, or the shot did not count. 
Grosventres. Fort Belknap reservation, Montana. (Cat. no. 60350, 
Field Columbian Museum.) 
Hoop (figure 581), a bent sapling 10 inches in diameter, netted with 
hide, which passes over the ring thirty-four times. 
Collected in 1900 by Dr George A. Dorsey, who describes it as 
employed in the game of hatchieb. 
In playing, the wheel is rolled forward on the ground, when the 
players hurl toward it slender spears, or darts, the object being to 
Fig. 581. 
Fig. 581. Netted hoop; diameter, 10 inches; Grosventre Indians, Montana; cat. no. 60350, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
Fia. 582. Netted hoop; diameter, 16} inches; Piegan Indians, Alberta; cat. no. 69353, Field 
Columbian Museum. 
pierce one of the holes formed by the buckskin lacing of the wheel. 
These holes vary in size, and each has its own proper name and value; 
the latter, however, could not be learned. The holes are named as 
follows: Large hole in center, ita, or heart; holes inclosed within the 
parallel lines crossing at right angles, anatayan, or buffalo bulls; 
large holes outside the parallel lines, behe, or buffalo cows; small tri- 
angles formed at points of cross lacing, wuuha, or buffalo calves; 
large holes next to the wooden ring, chadjitha, or wolves; small holes 
formed by the crossing of the thongs next to the wooden ring, caawu, 
or coyotes. 
This game is played by men and formerly stakes of much value 
were wagered on the result. 
Pincan. Alberta. (Cat. no. 69353, Field Columbian Museum.) 
Hoop of cherry sapling (figure 582), 164 inches in diameter, laced 
with a network of rawhide, which passes around the edge twenty- 
