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about 9 or 10 feet away from the players. Each player had two darts, which 
he threw so as to ait the center of the ring, if possible. The darts were feath- 
ered, had sharp points, and were made rather thin. Boys and girls, in playing 
these games, won or lost their darts. They did not gamble for anything else. 
There were no special months for certain games, excepting that some games 
were better adapted for special seasons than others, and consequently were 
played only in those seasons. 
SHAHAPTIAN STOCK 
Nez Perces. Southern Alberta. 
Rey. John MacLean’ mentions * throwing the arrow and wheel ” 
among the games of the tribe. 
Umarinta. Oregon. (Free Museum of Science and Art, University 
of Pennsylvania.) 
Fig. 643. 
Fig. 644, 
Fic. 648. Game hoop; diameter, 11} inches; watts Indians, Oregon; cat. no. 37538, Free Museum 
of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
F1G. 644. Poles for hoop game; lengths, 68 and 69 inches; Umatilla Indians, Oregon; cat. no. 
37538, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Cat. no. 37538. Flat hoop (figure 643) made of twigs covered with 
bark, 114 inches in diameter, and two poles (figure 644), 68 and 
69 inches in length, forked and painted red at the ends. Col- 
lected by the writer in 1900. 
The game is played in the spring. The ring is called pasa-pow-i- 
low-wikes and the poles are designated wai-hutz. 
Cat. no. 37539. Ring, wrapped with buckskin, 4 inches in diameter, 
its interior set with colored beads, as shown in figure 645, and 
two darts, slender twigs, painted red, 11 inches in length. Col- 
lected by the writer in 1900. 
“Canadian Savage Folk, p. 42, Toronto, 1896. 
