cuLIN] RACKET: DAKOTA 611 
They catch it in this net as it flies through the air and throw it from one to the 
other towards either goal. The man who catches can run with the ball toward 
the limit until he is overtaken by one on the other side, when he throws it as far 
as he can on its way, which is continued by the others. 
Carawspa. South Carolina. 
Mrs R. E. Dunbar, of Leslie, 
York county, South Carolina, 
informs the writer® that the 
Catawba do not play any of 
their old games. ‘They used to 
play a game with two sticks 
and a ball. The sticks were 
hollowed out like a _ large 
wooden spoon. The ball must 
not touch the hand or the 
ground, but must be thrown and 
kept in the air with the sticks. 
Any number in excess of two 
could play. This game was 
called wahumwah. 
Fig. 782a. Fig. 782b. Fig. 782c. 
Fic. 782 a, b, c. Balls and catching hoops; lengths of hoops, 22} and 20} inches; Thompson 
Indians (Ntlakyapamuk), British Columbia; cat. no. <4%5, qs, a#%s, American Museum of 
Natural History. 
Daxora (Santee). Minnesota. 
Dr Walter J. Hoffman ” wrote: 
The game played by the Dakota Indians of the upper Missouri was probably 
learned from the Ojibwa, as these two tribes have been upon amicable terms for 
many years; the ball sticks are identical in construction, and the game is played 
in the same manner. Sometimes, however, the goals at either end of the 
ground consist of two heaps of blankets about 20 feet apart, between which the 
ball is passed. 
“In a letter, dated September 1, 1901. 
>Remarks on Ojibwa Ball Play. The American Anthropologist, v. 8, p. 135, 1890. 
