450 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS _ [E2TH. Ann. 24 
10 feet in length, smooth and gradually tapering like a lance. It is [sic] marked 
with divisions throughout its whole length, and these divisions are stained in 
different colors. The hoop is of wood, about 6 inches in diameter, and divided 
like the poles, of which each player has one. Only two persons can engage in 
this game at one time. A level place is selected, from which the grass is 
removed a foot in width, and for 25 or 30 feet in length, and the earth trodden 
down firmly and smoothly. One of the players rolls the hoop forward, and 
after it reaches a certain distance, both dart their poles after it, overtaking 
and throwing it down. The graduation of values is from the point of the pole 
toward the butt, which ranks highest, and the object is to make the hoop fall 
on the pole as near the butt as possible, at the same time noting the value of 
the part which touches theshoop. The two values are then added and placed to 
the credit of the player. The game usually runs up to a hundred, but the extent 
is arbitrary among the players. While it is going on no woman is permitted to 
approach within a hundred yards, aiid each person present is compelled to leave 
all his arms behind. I inquired the reason for these restrictions, and was told 
that they were required by tradition; but the shrewd old Sons-in-jah gave me 
another, and, I believe, the true version. When people gamble, said he, they 
become half crazy, and are very apt to quarrel. This is the most exciting game 
we have, and those who play it will wager all they possess. The loser is apt 
to get.angry, and fights have ensued which resulted in the loss of many war- 
riors. To prevent this, it was long ago determined that no warrior should be 
present with arms upon his person or within near reach, and this game is always 
played at some distance from camp. Three prominent warriors are named as 
judges, and from their decision there is no appeal. They are not suffered to bet 
while acting in that capacity. The reason why women are forbidden to be 
present is because they always foment troubles between the players, and create 
confusion by taking sides and provoking dissension. 
Apacue (San Cartos). San Carlos agency, Gila county, Arizona. 
(Cat. no. 63535, Field Columbian Museum. ) 
Hoop of sapling, 9% inches in diameter, painted red, divided in half 
with thong wound with buckskin cord, and having four equi- 
distant notches on both faces on opposite sides of the median 
thong. Collected by Mr 8. C. Simms, who describes it as used in 
the game of nahlpice (figure 587). 
Apvacue (Wurre Mountain). Arizona. (Cat. no. 61246, Field Co- 
lumbian Museum.) 
Two jointed poles in three pieces, 14 feet and 15 feet 4} inches in 
length, and a hoop made of sapling, 9? inches in diameter, the 
latter having a thong wound with cord stretched across the mid- 
dle. Collected by Rev. Paul S. Mayerhoff, who describes the 
game under the name of na-a-shosh. 
The game is played with two poles, each of which is made up in 
three sections, and a hoop. The butt ehd of each pole is marked off 
into nine divisions or counters. The ring also has marked on its 
circumference eleven divisions or counters. The spoke bisecting the 
hoop and wrapped with cord is also used in counting, there being one 
hundred and four winds of cord, or plus the knot or bead in the 
