164 INDIANS OF THK SOrTIIWEST. 



number of years, and Manuelito anion^- tlie Navajo 

 who led them in their fij^ht against the Americans. 



Each Pima \'iilage had a chief, a pubHc crier, and a 

 council. The tribe as a whole had a head chief who 

 held his office for life or at the pleasure of the village 

 chiefs who chose him, and who often designated his 

 son to be his successor. 



Games. 



The Apache and Na\'ajo have several games which 

 are played partly for amusement but largely in the 

 hope of gain. As elsewhere in North America, these 

 games have a semi-religious character. There is a 

 myth, which explains their origin and songs and prayers 



Hoop and Pole Game. Apaclic. 



to bring about success in playing. The game to which 

 most dignity is attached is the hoop and pole game. 

 The implements employed are a hoop with incised 

 bands and a string stretched along the diameter in 

 which many knots are tied, and two long poles, the 



