CULIN] HOOP AND POLE: THOMPSON INDIANS 491 
Sauisu. Comox, British Columbia. 
Dr C. F. Newcombe writes: ¢ 
I was told of a game called xanani, played by two sides with a quoitlike 
disk of twigs, bound with willow or cedar bark, and thrown in the air to be 
caught on a stick while skimming. At Alert bay (Kwakiutl), the game is called 
kani. 
Suuswar. Kamloops, British Columbia. 
Dr Franz Boas” says: 
A peculiar gambling game is played in the following way: A long pole is laid 
on the ground, about 15 feet from the players; a ring about 1 inch in diameter, 
to which four beads are attached at points dividing the circumference into 
four equal parts, is rolled toward the pole, and sticks are thrown after it 
before it falls down on touching the pole. The four beads are red, white, blue, 
and black. 
The ring falls down on the stick that has been thrown after it, and, according 
to the color of the bead that touches the stick, the player wins a number of 
points. 
Soneisu. Vancouver island, British Columbia. 
Dr Franz Boas ® says: 
Throwing and catching of hoops is a favorite game. 
Tuomeson Inpians (Nriakyaramux). British Columbia. 
Mr James Teit @ says: 
This game [referring to the stick game] has been out of use for many years, 
as well as another game, greatly in vogue at one time among the Indians, 
which was played altogether by men. They found it warm work, and used to 
strip off all their clothes except the breechcloth when playing. The chief 
implement in this game was a ring [figure 641] from 2 inches to 44 inches in 
diameter, and sewed ever with buckskin, the framework often being made of 
a stick bent round. The buckskin covering was loose, and the space inside not 
taken up by the stick was filled with sand to make the ring solid and heavy. 
The player set this ring roiling. Then he followed it, running, and threw a 
small spear at it. The object of the game was to throw the spear in front of 
the ring and make the latter fall on it. Generally the playing-ground was 
marked by two long poles, which prevented the ring from rolling too far. 
Six different marks, which determined the number of points, were sewed on 
the buckskin inside of the circle. In later times these were made with differ- 
ent colored beads. The number of beads was six or four. Four were always 
blue or some other dark color, and two were some light color, generally light blue, 
but frequently white or red. The light beads counted 10 points each. If both fell 
on top of the stick, it counted 20. The dark beads counted 5 each. If two 
fell on top of the stick, it counted 10; if one dark and one light, 15. If the ring 
did not fall on top of the throwing stick, but stood up against it, it counted 40, 
which was the highest. The beads were not then counted. Before beads were 
known, porcupine quills were used as marks on the rings. The two light marks 
“In a letter, March 11, 1901. 
®’ Second General Report on the Indians of British Columbia. Report of the Sixtieth 
Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 641, London, 1891. 
© Ibid., p. 571. 
4The Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Members of the American Museum of 
Natural History, v. 2, p. 273, New York, 1900. 
