520 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [erH. ann. 24 
Cat. no. ;1%,. Two sticks (figure 684), saplings, 531 inches in 
length; designated as tsatsigalayu, being the sticks for catch- 
ing the above-mentioned rings. 
Collected by Mr George Hunt, who states that the game is played 
by young men. 
Fig. 682. 
Fig. 684. 
Fic. 682. Game ring; diameter, 9} inches; Kwakiutl Indians, British Columbia; cat. no. ;3§;, 
American Museum of Natural History. 
Fic. 683. Game ring; diameter, 8} inches; Kwakiut] Indians, British Columbia; cat. no. ;3§;, 
American Museum of Natural History. ~ 
Fia. 684. Dart for ring game; length, 53} inches; Kwakiutl Indians, British Columbia; cat. no. 
ai{x, American Museum of Natural History. 
Kwaniutt. Nawiti, British Columbia. 
Dr C. I. Newcombe describes the ring-and-dart game under the 
name of kinxe, the ring being called kani, and the stick,dsadsigala‘iu: 
Bach player has one ring and one stick, 4 to 8 feet long or more, according to 
taste, and made of willow, partly peeled to show ownership marks. There are 
two sides of equal numbers, who agree who shall first throw the quoit-like disk. 
Then each side throw alternately or altogether, as they please. The object is to 
eatch the ring, either in the air or running along the ground, with the stick, and 
any or all can try at one time, but as all disks can be in the air at once this is 
not usual. There is no regular scoring. If one disk is caught, it is kept until 
the whole ten are thrown. If all ten are not caught at one flight or play, they 
are thrown back to the opposite side. The game is won when one side catches 
all ten thrown in one play, and the losers are chased by winners, who first say: 
“Now we have all your kani;* ‘“* Now whom will you send out to take the pay?” 
If a loser steps out the winners throw their kani at this one as hard as they 
ean from any distance. The victim usually protects himself with a blanket. If 
he can catch any in his blanket, he can retaliate. If no one comes out to take 
the penalty the whole side is chased and thrown at. 
— Blunden harbor, British Columbia. (Cat. no. 37907, Free 
Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania.) 
