328 THE POTTERY OF THE MOUND BUILDERS. 



found were used for similar purposes. Messrs. Squier and Davis, in 

 " Ancient Monuments of the Miss. Valley," figure a number found 

 in mounds and on the surface, and call attention to their enigmati- 

 cal character and to the fact that they have been found from Ohio 

 to Peru, and also in Denmark. So far as their observations go, 

 they regard those found in the mounds as, probably, of more recent 

 origin than the mounds, but those found by Prof. Swallow in the 



the collection, and the very large number from the Mounds in Ten- 

 nessee, collected by Mr. Dunning and now in the museum, would 

 indicate that they belong to the mound period as well as to later 

 times. It is interesting in this connection to record two of these 

 stones found in Hartford, Connecticut, by the Rev. E. C. Bolles, 

 and now in the Peabody Academy of Science at Salem, and also to 

 refer to the specimens in the Museum from the Hawaiian Islands, 

 one of which, No. 2903, is labelled " Stone used in the game of 

 maika, Hawaiian Islands." The game played with such stones 

 by the Mandans is called " Tchung-kee," which Adair gives as 

 "Chungke." From these names and the term "Chunky-yard," 

 used by Bartram in his description of the peculiar enclosure in the 

 Creek villages in which the game was played, these stones are 

 now generally called - Chunky-stones," but it is questional.!.' if this 



are perforated, as the game described by Catlin requires a "ring 

 of stone" so that if the pole is well thrown the ring will fall upon 

 one of the projecting points on the pole. That those not perforated 



u maika" are. to judge from the several specimens in the museum, 

 simple biconcave and biconvex disks, in everv respect like those 

 found in America. It is also very probable that some of the 



