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of the figures shall be "waqube" for the game; that is, what card- 

 players call " trumps." 

 The wheel is pushed and caused to roll along, and when it has almost 



stopped each man hits gently at it 

 to make it fall on the sticks. Should 

 the sticks fall on the top of the 

 wheel, it does not count. When a 

 player succeeds in lodging his sticks 

 in such a way that he touches the 

 waqube, he wins many sticks, or 

 arrows. When figures are touched 

 by one or both of his sticks, he calls 

 out the number. When any two of 

 the figures have been touched, he 

 says, "]Sra n ba u 'a-u ha," I have wound- 

 ed it twice. If three figures have been 

 hit, he says, " </'ab<fi n a-u ha, "2 hare 

 tcounded three. Twenty arrows or 



FIG. 32.— The ljanafige. 



sticks count as ablauket, twenty-fiveasagivn, and onehundred as ahorse. 

 § 230. j^ibe-gasi, Men's game of ball.— This is played by the Omahas 



Fig. 33. — The sticks. 



and Ponkas with a single ball. There are thirty, forty, or fifty men on 



each side, aud each one is armed with a curved stick about two feet loug. 



The players strip off all clothing 

 except their breech-cloths. At 

 each end of the play ground are 

 two posts from 12 to 15 feet apart. 

 The playground is from 300 to 

 400 yards in length. When the 

 players on the opposite side see 

 that the ball is liable to reach A 

 they try to knock it aside, either 

 towards B or C, as their opponents 

 would win if the ball passed be- 

 tween the posts at A. On the 

 other hand, if the party repre- 

 fig. 34.— Na»ba°auh&. seuted by A see that the ball is 



in danger of passing between the posts at D they try to divert it, either 



towards E or F. 



