CHAPTER XXXII. 
THE NISHINAM—CONTINUED. 
There are numerous games with which old and young, men and women, 
amuse themselves. All of them, except one perhaps, are very simple, and 
several are quite puerile ; but they all comport well with the blithe-hearted, 
simple-minded, joyous temper of the people—so fond of gayeties, so fond 
of gambling—who originated them. 
Shooting at a target with bow and arrow, a game called he’-u-to, is a 
favorite diversion of men and boys. A triangular wicket about two feet high 
is set up, and under it is placed a wooden ball which constitutes the target. 
The contestants stand about fifty yards distant. In the ha’-dang-kaw ol-om-— 
wi'-oh (shooting at long range) there is no ball, and the wicket is higher. 
The men stand several hundred yards off, sometimes a quarter of a mile, so 
that the wicket is not visible. He is victor who lodges most arrows within 
the wicket. Frequently an arrow flies high and wide of the mark, so that 
it is lost. This long-range shooting is to give them skill against the day of 
battle. 
The pos'-kd huk'-wm-toh kom-peh’ (tossing the ball) is a boys’ game. 
They employ a round wooden ball, a buckeye, or something, standing at 
three bases or corners, and toss it around from one to the other. If two 
of them start to exchange corners, and the third “crosses out” or hits either 
of them, he scores one, and they count up to a certain number, which com- 
pletes the game. Little boys and girls play chi’-2i oi'-doi to’-ko-peh (catch- 
ing cloverin the mouth). A large number of them stand in a circle, a few 
paces apart, and toss from one to the other a pellet of green clover, which 
must be caught in the mouth. This game produces a vast deal of merri- 
ment among the little shavers, and he who laughs loudest, and consequently 
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