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or in a moccasin. The other party must guess its 
location. 
The women play a game with three split staves 
which are dropped vertically on a stone. There are 
several counts according to the position in which they 
fall. If the split side of all three sticks is up, the count is 
five, but if the rounded side of all three is up, the 
count isten. The score of the game is kept by moving a 
stick for each player around a circle marked by forty 
small stones. There are openings at four points, 
ealled rivers. If the stick of a player falls into a river 
‘she must return it to the beginning place again. A 
similar game is played by the men. 
RELIGION. 
Ceremonies. ‘The religious practices of the nomadic 
peoples have much in common with those of the 
Pueblos. They make sand or dry paintings, those of 
the Navajo being very numerous and very elaborate. 
Masked or otherwise distinguished individuals repre- 
sent divine persons in the ceremonies. Pollen is 
strewed and is the regular accompaniment of prayers. 
The Navajo make use of prayer offerings and also have 
_ fetishes which are used both in hunting and in the care 
of their flocks and herds. The Apache make much use 
of sacred beads and feathers which are worn about the 
person, on the wrists, or as a bandolier across the breast. 
A ceremony held for girls when they attain woman- 
hood is considered of prime importance among the 
Apache tribes and has been maintained while other 
ceremonies have fallen into neglect. The essential 
features of this ceremony are numerous songs and 
prayers uttered by the priest hired for the occasion, 
dancing by the girl or girls for whom it is held, a foot- 
