364 THE POINT BARROW ESKIMO. 
apart and his arms uplifted. On the reverse, there is no border, but 
a single dog and a man who supports himself witha long staff are drag- 
ging an empty rail sledge toward the left. 
I find no mention of the use of any such scores among the eastern 
Eskimo, but they are very common among those of the west, as shown 
by the Museum collections. They record in this way, not only hunting 
exploits but all sorts of trivial occurrences. 
GAMES AND PASTIMES. 
Gambling.—These people have only one game which appears to be of 
the nature of gambling. It is played with the twisters and marline 
spikes used for backing the bow, and already described, though Lieut. 
Ray says he has seen it played with any bits of stick or bone. I never 
had an opportunity of watching a game of this sort played, as it is not 
often played at the village. It is a very popular amusement at the 
deer-hunting camps, where Lieut. Ray often saw it played. According 
to lim the players are divided into sides, who sit on the ground about 
3 yards apart, each side sticking up one of the marline spikes for a 
mark to throw the twisters at. Six of the latter, he believes, make a 
full set. One side tosses the whole set one at atime at the opposite 
stake, and the points which they make are counted up by their op- 
ponents from the position of the twisters as they fall. He did not learn 
how the points were reckoned, except that twisters with a mark on them 
counted differently from the plain ones, or how long the game lasted, 
each side taking its turn of casting at the opposite stake. He, however, 
got the impression that the winning side kept the twisters belonging 
to their opponents. Mr. Nelson informs me in a letter that a similar 
game is played with the same implements at Norton Sound. 
No. 56532 {9}, from Utkiavwin, is a bag full of these tools as used 
for playing this game. It contains 18 twisters, of different patterns, 
and 7 marline spikes. The bag is of membrane, perhaps a bladder. It 
is ovoid in shape, all in one piece, with a long opening in one side, 
which is closed by a piece of sinew braid about 40 inches long. This is 
knotted by one end round a fold of membrane at one end of the mouth, 
and when the bag is shut up is wrapped round the middle of it. 
Some of these people have learned what cards are from the Nunatan- 
miun, though they do not know how to use them. They described how 
they were used by the “Nunatanmiun,” however, going through the 
motions of dealing cards. They told us that the latter played a great 
deal, and “gave much.” This “giving much” evidently referred to 
gambling, for they told Capt. Herendeen how two of the “ Nunatan- 
miun” would sit down to play, one with a big pile of furs and one with 
out any, and when they got up the furs would all belong to the other man. 
Fig. 364 (No. 56531 [21]) represents some of a bunch of 25 little ivory 
images which were strung on a bit of seal thong. One is a neatly 
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carved fox, 2-7 inches long, and the rest are ducks or geese, rather 
