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very small loops of red beads. The other end of the sinew is now fastened to a 
sharpened piece of wire, 6 to 7 inches long, and the gambling instrument is 
complete. 
The game is played by any number of players, each in turn. The needle is 
held horizontally between the thumb and fingers. The bones hanging down are 
steadied for an instant, then thrown forward and upward, and as they come 
opposite the point of the needle a rapid thrust is made. If the player be skill- 
ful the point of the needle will catch in some of the loops or perforations of 
the bones. For each loop at the lower extremity of the instrument caught by 
the needle the player counts 100. Being put together in a bunch, it is rare 
that more than two or three are caught, though all six may be. One of the 
bones caught lengthwise on the needle counts 25; two, 50. Each little loop 
and perforation penetrated by the needle counts 5. Though the complications 
are numerous, the count is simple. Thus suppose the needle passed through a 
little loop on the third bone (5), then through the bone (25), then through a 
little loop at the other end of the bone (5), then through a loop on fourth 
bone (5), and finally through three of the terminal loops (300), the count for 
the throw is the sum of all (340). I have never seen over 500 made at a 
throw, though it is of course possible to make over 600. If the needle misses 
or fails to perforate loop or orifice, there is no count. The game is usually 2,000. 
Criprewa. Bois fort, near Rainy river, Minnesota. (American 
Museum of Natural History.) 
Cat. no.;/%,. Tapering bundle of cedar leaves (figure 698), tied 
with cotton thread, 7 inches in length, having a wooden pin at- 
tached by a cotton cord. 
The game is called napawagan. Catching the bundle counts 1 
point. 
Fig. 699. 
Fic. 698. Napawagin; length of bundle, 7 inches; Chippewa Indians, Bois fort, Minnesota; 
cat. no. z$?;, American Museum of Natural History. 
Fic. 699. Napawagin; length of bones, 7} inches; Chippewa Indians, Bois fort, Minnesota; 
cat. no. 7$8;, American Museum of Natural History. 
Cat. no. ;$%;. Seven phalangeal bones (figure 699}, strung on a 
buckskin thong having a wire needle attached at one end, and a 
metal button with a pear-shaped piece of buckskin, having a 
vertical slit in the middle and weighted with four small pieces of 
lead at the edge, at the other; length of bones, 74 inches. 
