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dilk6”i, slick or polished, in which the pole was left intact and provided with 
three strings, one at the point and two at the butt; third, naé’azhozh dit’ldi, 
strung profusely, in which the pole was profusely decorated with strings, ete. ; 
fourth, né’azhozh dilk6’, polished, in which the hoop, or wheel, was only about 
an inch in diameter and thrown toward a mark or point. The players were 
each provided with a stick, each the length of an arm. In a stooped position 
they strive to throw the stick through the ring. How many points the winner 
had to score I could not ascertain, as Mr Big Goat, my informant, claims that in 
Fig. 599. 
Fig. 597. Ring for pole game; diameter, 6} inches; Navaho Indians, Keams canyon, Arizona; 
cat, no, 62535, Field Columbian Museum. 
Fia. 598. Pole for pole game; length, about 9 feet; Navaho Indians, Keams canyon, Arizona; 
cat. no. 62535, Field Columbian Museum. v 
Fig. 599. Ends of lashing of pole for pole game; Navaho Indians, Keams canyon, Arizona; cst. 
no. 62535, Field Columbian Museum. 
all these games the points were agreed upon beforehand, and a variation 
naturally took place according to the value of the article put at stake. To 
distinguish the first from the fourth game here mentioned, they also called 
the latter laazé’, which means as much as that the pole was varnished (with 
juice of yueca and paint). 
This game is intimated by Dr Washington Matthews in his Navaho Legends 
[page 219] where he mentions dilk6én, played with two sticks, each the length of 
an arm, as among the four games which the Navaho brought with them from the 
lower world. 
