668 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS  [nru. ann. 24 
Army, informed the writer that they have a game of kicking a cow’s 
horn, which they call juego del cuaco.* This game, according to the 
authority just mentioned, corresponds with the Zuni, Hopi, Pueblo, 
and Pima game of the tor stick. 
ATHAPASCAN STOCK 
Navano. St Michael, Arizona. 
Rey. Berard Haile describes the following game in a letter to the 
writer :? 
Iddi is football. This is a gambling game, and there are two parties, five to 
a side at most. There may be less than five, but not more. The players strip 
themselves and agree upon a distance, which is regulated by the stake. A 
stick, about 4 inches long, of green pion or oak, cut smooth and round, is set 
into the ground about 2 fingers deep. The best runner works his toes, as 
hands and fingers are not allowed, under the stick, and kicks it ahead of him. 
Should he miss, his successor is ready to bring it into his territory again. The 
required distance being made, the home run begins, and whosoever has the ball 
at the starting point first wins the game and stake. The game was played only 
in the spring of the year, because it is not too warm during that season. At 
present the Navaho do not play it. Some would not allow it, even in the 
springtime, as they claim it would bring a stormy season and much wind. 
They say the Great Harth-Winner, Ni’nahuiebi’i, taught them the game. 
In a subsequent letter to the author Father Haile gives the name 
of the game, according to information received from another source, 
as baaes or iolis, which means “ to hop” game, raise and throw with 
the foot. 
The Navaho at Chin Lee, Arizona, informed the writer that this 
was not originally a Navaho game, but was borrowed by them from 
the Zuni. 
KERESAN STOCK 
Keres. Acoma, New Mexico. (Cat. no. 4974, Brooklyn Institute 
Museum. ) 
Two billets (figure 887), 2 inches in length, one 
painted with black at the ends and the other 
with a black band in the middle. Collected 
by the writer in 1904 and made by James H. 
Miller, an Acoma Indian, at Zuni. 
Fig. 887. Kicking billets; 4 4 3 os 
eieen Sart Keres They are kicked in a racing game called a-cha-wa-i 
Indians, Acoma, New ta-wa-ka. The one with the black bands at the end is 
Mexico; cat. no. 4974, called gosh, man, and the other tsoi-yo, woman. This 
papa is a game of the war captains, and is played in the 
spring in the months from March to May to secure rain. 
The winning stick is buried in a cornfield. The present sticks are such as are- 
«Spanish chueca, pan or hollow of the joints of bones; a small ball with which coun- 
try people play at crickets. 
*Under date of June 5, 1902. The informaticn was obtained from a medicine man 
named Qatali Natloi, Laughing Doctor. 
