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resumed, while he himself is barred from taking part in the game. Anyone 
has the right to take hold of the ivory with his naked hand at the risk of having 
it gashed with the darts of the spears. If two persons hit the hole at the same 
time, it does not count. 
Eskimo (Western). St Michael, Alaska. (Cat. no. 33970. United 
States National Museum.) 
Oval hoop (figure 617) of bent twig, 3 inches in diameter, the upper 
and lower edges wrapped with thongs securing cotton cord net- 
work, which covers the interior of the ring, with thong loop for 
suspension. Two arrows, 22 inches in length, with simple wood 
shafts and barbed bone points secured with sinew. The arrows 
are fastened together by a long, twisted sinew cord. 
Fig. 617. Netted hoop and darts; diameter of hoop, 3 inches; length of darts, 22 inches; West- 
ern Eskimo, St Michael, Alaska; cat. no. 33970, United States National Museum. 
These were collected by Mr EK. W. Nelson, who deseribes the game 
under the name of nugohliganuk: 
This is played in the kashim by men only. <A small oval wooden frame, about 
3 inches long by an inch and a half wide, having the interior finely netted with 
cord, is hung from the roof and held in place by a cord at each end. It is placed 
about 4 feet from the floor in front of the summer entrance or under the smoke- 
hole in the roof. Bach player has a long, slender dart, about 3 feet in length 
and a quarter of an inch in diameter, with a barbed point of bone or deer horn. 
To the butt end of the dart is fastened a small cord, so that the player can 
draw it back after throwing. When the point of the dart enters the wooden 
ving it is held fast by the barbs on the point, and this scores one for the success- 
ful player. Under this target each player places some object as a prize. Then all 
go to one side of the room and throw three darts in succession at the target. 
Whenever a player pierces the target so that he must remove his dart with his 
hands, he is entitled to take anything he wishes from the pile of prizes. In 
this way the game continues until all the articles are disposed of. 
IROQUOIAN STOCK 
CAUGHNAWAGA. Quebec. 
J. Lu says: 
J Long » Says: ' 
The boys are very expert at trundling a hoop, particularly the Cahnuaga 
Indians, whom I have frequently seen excel at this amusement. The game is 
played by any number of boys who may accidentally assemble together, some 
driving the hoop, while others with bows and arrows shoot at it. At this exercise 
“The Eskimo about Bering Strait. Wighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of 
American Ethnology, p. 334, 1899. 
> Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, p. 53, London, 1791. 
