Greybeard is the Scouting name of T. Gray, Troop Scouter of the 1st Thorsby, Alta. Gawasa - The Snow Snake Game Native American winter games reached their highest levels of sophistication among the nations and tribes near the Great Lakes. The Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation called this game Gawasa. The snake is a smooth stick of wood, which is thrown over ice or hard-packed snow for distance. Make a V shaped trough in the pile, smooth and ice it thoroughly.
All contestants have a carved snow snake.
The snake may take any form the designer wishes, and the form evolved differently in the various tribes playing this game. The bark is stripped off, and the snake's head is marked off on the large end, about 2 to 4 inch long. The rest of the stick from immediately behind the head is whittled down to less than 1 inch in diameter, and may be narrower than the height. The eyes of the snake can be weighted. The bottom is rounded, and the underside of the head should curve up like a ski.