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It is described by the collector, Mr Louis L. Meeker," as used in the 
woman’s game of shinny, takapsica: 
Many players form two companies and strive to take the ball with their sticks 
to two different goals in opposite directions. First play is decided by kicking 
the ball up into the air. The one who can do so oftenest without letting the ball 
or the foot touch the ground plays first. This is a separate game with the 
Winnebago. 
Shimmy is played by women, large girls, and schoolboys. The women of one 
camp will play against the women of another camp. The boys and girls of one 
school will play against another school, for, although not quite up to the dignity 
of men, the game is scarcely limited to women. 
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Fic. 828. Shinny ball and stick; diameter of ball, 2} inches; length of stick, 39 inches; Oglala 
Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota; cat. no. 22117, 22118, Free Museum of 
Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Daxora (Oetata). Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. (Cat. 
no. 22124, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania. ) 
Knobbed stick (figure 829), made of a sapling, 36 inches in length. 
Described by the collector, Mr Louis lL. Meeker,’ as used in the 
boy’s game of can takapsica, or wood shinny: 
A block of wood, cut from a seasoned stick about 3 inches in diameter, is laid 
upon the ground. ‘lwo players, armed with sticks having a natural enlargement 
on one end, each paces off 50 steps in opposite directions, and each marks his 
opponent’s goal. Giving the word to each other, they race back to the block 
of wood, the one who wins placing his foot upon the block to take possession. 
He then deliberately aims and strikes the block with all his force toward his 
goal, and both race after it to take possession with the foot and strike it again 
as before. 
Fig. 829. Stick for wood shinny; length, 36 inches; Oglala Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge res- 
ervation, South Dakota; cat. no. 22124, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania. | 
Daxotra (Teron). Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota. 
Dr J. R. Walker ° describes the game of shinny, woskate takapsice, 
and of woman’s shinny, woskate takwinkapisce, and gives the rules 
for the play. 
“Ogalala Games. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art, v. 3, p. 31, Phila- 
delphia, 1901. 
>Tbid., p. 33. 
* Sioux Games. Journal of American Folk-Lore, vy. 18, p. 288, 1905. 
