The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-11

Alta given signal the Black and Cedar
river tribes began beating their tom toms
and the women and bucks to chant. while
all eyes were conferred on Doctor Jack. their
dealer. The Puyallups were motioniess.
all straining their eyes TO watch the old
Doctors weird movements. needless OF the
noise of his mad retnue. When the
doctor began TO handle the cedar knot
chips and bark pulp he uttered q cry
which would put TO shame any modern
college yell 1t was something like this,
first Kissing sound:
Oct soil Oct solli Oct soiil
Cus-ta-vis b! b, b!
All ALL a-a-a!
Wa-ho! La-he-ho.i!
Then the whole tribe took up the veil
and 'chanted IL over and over again, keep
ing time with tho tom-tcms and moving
their bodies to and fro and waving their
hands in unison. DR.. Jack also kept time
In oil his movements. He seized q double
handful of bark pulp and placed il before
him. and then counted out eight white
chips and one black one, nine In all.
These he clicked in his hands few times
and covered them over with the pulp.
Then. placing four chips IN one hand and
five In the other, he wrapped them in pulp
and proceeded to shuttle the two balls
thus made In front of him with dexterity
scarcely credible Though the movement
was changed frequently and kept up with
remarkable quickness. the Puyallups
watched and waited; not movement of
the dealer escaped them. In one of the
balls Of pulp was the black chip and this
was the one they wanted to keep their
eyes on. for il they were able TO pick 1t out
they could score a point. Suddenly one
PuyaIlnp brave waved his hand and DIR.
Jack ceased moving the balls: the music
stopped. The ball of pulp designated by
the Puyailup brave was opened by DIR.
Jack, who. by clever manipulation OF
the wrist and fingers. sent the hidden
chips rolling down the mat before him.
The black chip was In the ball, and the
Puyailups had won the first point in the
great game.
The Cedar and Black Rivers were now
quiet. but the Puyall1ps gave vent to n
yell that was SIMPLY appalling. II was
now Johnny Wrinkles deal. and when he
began manipulating the chips and pulp his
retinue started their chant. The noise OF
their tom-tom was somewhat hveliey than
that of the other tribes. Their yell was
somewhat like this:
Eey-yo. ho-ho'
Hey-yo, ho-ho ho-hoo
Ho-hi yi-i-i-i!
Ah-a-a-a-a!
Ho-yah- wah-who'
Pse-sll-l-l-upi! WneyiH
FRS. victory inclined on one side and
then on the other, and after ten points
had been won, i've by each side, 10 and be-
hold, old Ssstcum. the scorer, had not
SIGN OF a count. A great elamor was raised
by the young bucks when this discovery
vas made. but the older braves pacifed
the excited ones by declaring that Seat
cum was not asleep; that he was counting
properly. 1t was then explained that
should one side win one or more sticks
the other side could not score until il had
won them back The tribe to win
must score tho whole sixty-six sticks The
came was started at 8 o'clock. hut neither
sac had any score at 10. At L. o'clock the
puvallups we're six ahead. Thus IL can be
understood how II IS that sometimes the
game is very long drawn out Al O'Clock
Tu.<sav morning, after playing twelve
hop-. the Puyailups we're fifty ahead and
IA oplv sixteen sticks 10 make before
~. battle vas won. But at noon
al. Rlaek and Cedar river tribes had
won hack ali except eighteen sticks, and
IN. puvallups began to think their god OF
,a-,une had ceased 30 smile; bat not so,
ahont two O'Clock they had thirty sticks
90 .heir credit while. Of course. the other
.,se Aid not have a score. Before nigat
came however. the fuya!lnps had lost
| .,Doss all they had won and thus, aiter
twelve hours of unceasing howiing and
labor. the gamblers were no further shesn
,n.n when they started. The game con
.s,u.a all Tuesday night and all day
"Wednesday, the following night ana
Tsnrs.,.v but the Puyailups, though al
,~,vs from twenty-five TO fiity.three points
| shssa were unable to win. ihursasy
rSght The Puyallups were favored WIN
-a,,arkable run OF fortune. and Is seemed
a., y;rtory would certainly perch on
.hsiv hammers. but the Black and Cedar
yer. being nothing It act "e'ooaea'
49,. hopefui. While they sa~ tneir
chances waning they did net lose hear'
So ,nsv how.ed and chanted the more
,s-oros,Sly and danced the hareeF' FIN
.i,x before the sun stole over the eastern
| ali. aud sent its rays between the esaess
~ the old tepse. the BiscS ans, ss1af
.,xs,. haa the pleasure of seeing 'heif sa'
.ar~.r;es' score cut down 20 thirty. N'sh'
.na aav the game continued nnu' sss'esIss
| go. The players were votn oue Use
.,,s,,r.ncs OF the Indians had been sose'f
| ,-,ss la, ,siIl they gamblsd. The FuyaaaPs