470 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [Eru. ann. 24 
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Wicurra. Oklahoma. (Field Columbian Museum. ) 
Cat. no. 59365. Wooden hoop (figure 613), 184 inches in diameter, 
with an interior network of sinew, which is wrapped around 
the hoop at thirty points and incloses an inner hoop, 94 inches in 
diameter, having also an interior sinew net, accompanied by a 
dart made of sapling, 354 inches in length, with a fork at the 
end. Collected by Dr George A. Dorsey. 
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Fic, 613. Netted hoop and dart; diameter of hoop, 18} inches; length of dart, 354 inches; Wichita 
Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 59365, Field Columbian Museum. 
Cat. no. 59315. Wooden hoop (figure 614), 25% inches in diameter, 
with connecting ends bound with sinew. Collected by Dr 
George A. Dorsey. 
Doctor Dorsey makes several references to the hoop game among 
the Wichita.. In the story of * The Seven Brothers and the Sister,” ¢ 
the chief game of the brothers is described as 
with the hoop. 
In the story of * The Deeds of the After- 
birth-Boy ”” the father is described as making 
a netted ring for his two sons, which he told 
them not to roll toward the west. They dis- 
obeyed him, and were compelled to follow the 
ring, and ran on until they went into the 
water of a great lake and found themselves 
“a : inside of a great monster. 
Fic. 614. Game hoop; diam- : 
eter, 25} inches; Wichita In the story of * Half-a-Boy who Overcame 
Indians, Oklahoma; cat. no. 
59315, Field Columbian Mu- AG ey 
seum days’ journey north of his own, where there 
the Gambler,” © the hero visits.a village a two- 
was a cruel gambler who played the wheel 
game and won the lives of all who visited the village. The village 
extended east and west and had in the middle an open space, in which 
he saw many people playing some kind of game. The next morning 
he commenced to play the game with the gambler. In the game that 
*The Mythology of the Wichita, p. 69, Washington, 1904,’ Ibid., p.95, 101. © Thid.. p. 194. 
