134 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 
GAMES. 
The Pima and Papago play games similar to those 
of the other Southwestern people. There are two dice 
games. The one played by men employs four stones 
and that of the women eight. The points of the men’s 
game are tallied by moving a counter about a large 
rectangle of stones on the ground. The Apache use a 
much smaller and circular space. 
The guessing game is played with four reeds in one 
of which a bean or ball of gum is hidden. Count is 
kept by means of kernels of corn, one hundred being 
used. This is the game usually called moccasin game. 
It is also played by the Navajo and Apache who employ 
piles of dirt or a row of small holes dug in the ground. 
The women play a shinny game using a double con- 
nected ball which must not be touched with the hands. 
The purpose of the game is to carry and throw this ball 
over the opponent’s goal line by the use of a willow 
stick. 
There are several games of shooting with the bow 
and arrow intended probably to develop skill. They 
are for the most part confined to boys. 
The races, which the pueblo dwellers make a part 
of their religious ceremonies, the Pima and Papago 
used to maintain with a less evident ceremonial connec- 
tion. They had both the long distance race in which a 
ball is kicked for miles, and the relay race in which two 
large groups of racers representing opposing villages or 
large communities compete. The relay race may be 
won by speed or, if the speed is nearly equal, by the 
superior endurance of the combined contestants on one 
side. 
