The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-22

other side believe that he holds the bone.
Should one of the watchers have reason
to believe that he can locate the bone he
points and Immediately the hand is held
out. If he wins, the bone is passed across
the line and a point is scored for the side
holding the bone and the whole thing
begins over again.
SOME COMPLICATED FEATURES.
Should the bone be accidentally dropped
it counts point for the other side, where
the bone also goes. The game consists of
81 points, and sometimes lastsa whole day
before il is decided. l knew OF one game
that continued for two days and onenight
without cessation. In a game between a
band of Utes and band of Navajoes,
near the Southern Ute agency in 1879, the
Navajoes lost their entire possessions.
consisting of horses, arms, rooes, tents,
clothing and large sum of money. They
left without murmur, but an Apache
raid on a New Mexican town was re-
ported soon after, and that same band
showed up at Los Pinos agency within a
month with good outfit.
The game Of plum stones is common to
nearly ali Indian tribes. 1t is complt-
Gated game of dice as played by whites,
and is one Of the most fascinating games
played Eight stones Of the wild plum
are taken and the fat side rubbed or
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of these faces are then marked off with
various hieroglyphics and some left plain.
These marks vary in different tribes The
eight stones are placed in little bowl or
cup and shaken together, and then
thrown on a blanket between the players.
The system of counting is so curious and
arbitrary that l have never met a white
. man who understood the game. Every
possible combination of the marks and
nj rrsvrp a niffappu1 result from zero
to 100 The total to make game varies
with the different tribes, generally being
1000,
HORSE AND FOOT RACING.
Among the Indian boys favorite gam
bling game is played with bows and ar
rows A boy will shoot an arrow and all
the other boys will shoot at it. If their
arrows hit it or stick within a certain dis
tance the boy who shoots first pays an
arrow. If they do not come within the
stated distance he gets an arrow. Cheat
ing predominates here as in all other
forms of Indian gambling, and many Of
the larger Indian boys treat the younger
ones outrageously, deliberately robbing
them of their arrows by false representa-
tions, Just as have seen big white boys
cheat their smaller playmates out OF their
marbles.
The gambling par excellence among In
dams, however, is in horse and foot
racing Every tribe Of Indians possesses
at least one race pony. On this pony the
wealth of every member OF the tribe is
squandered when he is pitted against
some other pony. 1t must not be sup
posed by this that the Indians depend en-
tirely upon the fleetness of their pony.
In fact, it is generally the swiftest pony
that loses the race, especially If his
owner depends upon his speed TO win.
The Indian Jockey has more tricks than
were ever dreamed of, even on Gutenberg
track. and these tricks are constantly
brought into play in order to compass the
downfall of the other fellow l have
seen hundreds of Indians chadering and
shouting over the premlnaries Of race