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larj2;or ends of which liave a nuiiiher of iiKnsed rin^s. 

 To pkxy it two men stand side by side at one end of a 

 level stretch of ground. One rolls the hoop down this 

 stretch and both throw the poles after it.^ If the hoop 

 falls on the butt of one of the poles a count is made 

 according to the knots of the string or the incised rings 

 wliich happen to be in contact with the rings cut into 

 the pole. The incised rings are named for the lightning 

 and the hoop represents a snake. Women are never 

 allowed to witness the playing of this game. 



A guessing game is played by a number of players 

 divided into two parties. A man representing one of 

 these parties hides a ball in one of several piles of sand 

 or in a moccasin. The other party must guess its 

 location. 



The women play a game wdth 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 sides of all three are up, the count 

 is ten. 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, 

 called rivers. If the stick of a player falls into a river 

 she must return it to the beginning place again. 



