784 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS [ETH. Ann. 24 
on the large end, and each has marks on the upper part, running from 1 to 6, 
which show the count. The one with six notches is placed in the middle, and 
the others in a circle around it. Rocks, cocoa beans, or money are then thrown 
in an endeavor to knock down as many as possible. 
SKITTAGETAN STOCK 
Haima (Kareant). Prince of Wales island, Alaska. 
Dr C. F. Newcombe describes the following game under the name 
of kwai indao: 
A set of 40 or 50 sticks, representing ten different numbers, are placed in a 
row. The players alternately try to repeat from memory, blindfold, the order in 
which these ten numbers run. 
The same collector describes also the following game: 
Twenty or forty small sticks, 6 inches long, are taken in the palm, thrown up 
in the air, and caught on back of hand. They are then thrown up again, if any 
are caught, and if possible an odd number caught in the palm. If an odd num- 
ber—one, three, five, or seven—be so caught, one stick is kept by the player, who 
Fig. 1077. Fig. 1078. 
Fig. 1077. Game of sealing; length of harpoon, 12} inches; Central Eskimo, west coast of Hud- 
son bay, Keewatin; cat. no. 72; b, American Museum of Natural History. 
Fria. 1078. Stick for wik pel pul; Maya Indians, Yucatan; from sketch by Dr Alfred Tozzer. 
tries again. If none or an even number be caught, the opposite player takes his 
turn. He who takes the last stick wins all his opponent’s sticks and takes them 
all up and goes on as before. Boys or girls play. The game is called hal hai’ 
jao, “ turn around game.” 
WAKASHAN STOCK 
Kwaxrutnt. Nawiti, British Columbia. (Cat. no. 85850, Field 
Columbian Museum.) 
Two flat slats (figure 1079), 14 inches wide at top, and 154 and 21 
inches long, the lower ends sharpened to a point. Two flat slats, 
14 inches wide at top and 18 inches long, with transverse white 
