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Apaches, Quillayutes and Go-Ship-Shoshones. Two pre gambling 

 games : the Pay-Gay-Say or Bowl game and the Moccasin or Bullet 

 game on which so much money was squandered that it was stopped 

 by the government. Three games are played with sticks in the 

 snow, one by men, called the Snow Snake Game and the otiier? 

 by children. Lacrosse was played in the old times on the ice and 

 Shinny was formerly played by young boys and women. Push-Kah- 

 Wan or Double Ball is entirely a woman's game ; "in 1909 they 

 played it almost every day at Nett Lake throughout the entire sum- 

 mer" with as many as forty women on a side. Sha-Mah-Ke-Way- 

 Be-Ne-Koh-Nung is a children's dice game played with painted 

 sticks. 



The "Squaw Dance" is mainly "a social affair, though at times 

 it is ued to get the Indians to assemble so the chief can harrangue 

 them on the problems of the day. At other times iti s held to cure 

 the sick or as a part of the death ceremonies. In all its sessions 

 both sexes take part. Each person chooses partners as she or he 

 wishes, giving the one chosen a present each time." When this , 

 dance is given in honor of some one who has died, the accompany- 

 ing feast is provided by the deceased person's relatives, who give 

 away all of their possessions to the guests. 



