552 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS fern. Ann. 24 
opening in the smallest ring, which is at that end. At the other end of the 
string is fastened a stick 20 centimeters long, the outer end of which is sharp- 
ened. The game is to toss the rings up by a swing and, while holding the butt 
of the stick, thrust the dart through as many of them as possible. If the 
thrower fails she hands the apparatus to her opponent, but she continues throw- 
ing as long as she scores, and counts the number of rings that are caught on 
the dart. In the specimen collected there are 14 rings, but only a few may be 
caught at a single throw. A certain number of marks, 2, 3, or 4, agreed upon 
in advance, constitute the game. These marks are made upon a diagram laid 
out in the sand in the form of a whorl. The scoring commences in the center, 
called the teunni ki (council house), and runs out to the last hole, called 
hoholdoga ki (menstrual house), which is on the west side of the diagram ; 
then the score returns to the center before the player is entitled to one point 
toward game. If the player who is behind throws a number that brings her 
counter to the same hole as that of her opponent, she “kills” the latter and 
sends back her counter to the beginning point, but this is not done if she passes 
her opponent’s position. 
Two specimens were obtained at Sacaton, which were probably used in games 
by the Hohokam. 
Fie. 730. Ball-and-pin game; length of ball, 44 inches; Thompson Indians, British Columbia; 
cat. no. <}3;, American Museum of Natural History. 
SALISHAN STOCK 
Tuomeson Inpvians (NttakyapamuK). British Columbia. (Cat. 
no. <1$,, American Museum of Natural History.) 
Egg-shaped ball made of rushes (figure 730), 44 inches in length, 
attached at one end by a twisted cord to a notched deer bone. 
This specimen was collected by Mr James Teit, who says that the 
notches on the bone are ornamental, but some boys keep tallies of the 
greatest number of times they can catch without missing, by notching 
the pin. 
