The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
An INDIAN SlNG-GAMBLE,
THE ANIMAL GAMBLING GtNE ~
Lille H.NST tOIST IND.'INN.

II Is PLAYED with chips, hut Is Acre Like
Tbimble Rig rhan Like Pola'r-terp.
monies of the GaWe-A Famous contest
Ends In n Draw After Lasting u Week.
There is no more invet"rate gambler IN ulhs
Indian. never mind where he NAV II" = mil.
Gambling is one of the traits that j. haN i"l
down from generation to generation, and t.
way. develops in a pappoos" about - soo. 10,
the dirty-faccd younGst"r Is ado I rs" ~
hands aud feet.
Indians are shi"wd. though r""E,c-, gim.
blrrs. and will stak" evcrythiu. !h"r laNn.
even to their most cherished possessions u'"l
the result OF d game or IA hurs" rae" ~ ~hu''.
ing match. II they are abb" I" GI whi~k". -
drink thew will het their euIaws. n'r' '"r
ponies. upon the turn OF u card or N" ,i"cG 4
a cayuse.
The Indian games have changed ~ r"r"lt
years, lust ~ the redskins hay" with IT," du-
vent Of the whites even Oh theli i"srry,
lands. However. some of the o, gaii'cs &C
chance are played at certain seasons wA"u tbs
tribes are indalging III dances or hlE 'raSts-
Each trihe-or. rather. nation-has its own Ihr-
ticuiar form Of amusement. though ludiaus
everywhere have dances and games that h"ar
strong rescmblanceof coming from on" source.
When grass is getting green the west roass
Indians celebrate the coming Of summer win
pot latches. which is the name given to ns
feasts something like the observance u 'ha-
white mans Christmas. Al these the hraNrA
and bucks always gamble. and that means that
some Of them will return to their villages W h
out anything to their names-ab-olu'r v
broke" Usually "sing-Ramble form. b
diversion for the old chiefs and an aNr-
| inspiring spectacle for the young bucks.
In former days, before the savage tral'-ut
the redskins had been modIfle1 /. sing-Gumh.,'
was an annual occurrence with the pugcs
Sound Indians and was thought by them To- -
the most important. event OF the year. In III,
last few years il has hIs'n revived, and now Ito
whites as well us Ind Hns. Trio, i, rirt"t
against tribe. and the . %yers ar" d"rkrd 80
ers. bucEskin. animal laws and I%Dan,,',.
They In iyj come {, to me meeting Sa %r t tEa rnid
can a loser Until he has stake .'nI lost his iI,p
Sing gamble has been pIayeu .nm1ng uo lu-l
dams for hundreds of years aIN is uniIu" -
Y" a a. GAM inee the s1ua rSs S So nboNr' he 'cco,unniIt.
stripping the dead and fallen cct + trees g
snsIIps s WITH END %,n the ko oIa n fRe fE% bank , i2, E ErS,+'
are taken into camp and the formeriN %strtriri
t ey the d pSPP29se5 the of ia 'hs brG Wien s'1 ia S !, pp%lr..!
rubbed between the hands until INN an!
ins9 G ths about ti2s a Ss ! shi sive as S I npker ~
SSkb K LEVY When '1 1865 @ oT i f?"G' "GfF these Ra "" aisEs, /.
chips are finished the counters, or sticks fs'j
an inc;h wids. and scroped Until hal, r%onpdois,
corrugated wood. There are s~ixty-six OF the,,,i
counters. that being the number Of points urr-I
I The grass mat has long been made and M:
away to await the coping Of the great ia.
also been receiving donations all the w%int"i.i
and Is fil"d to 3yerfiQTinE. having on dstrrsta
asine61Ie th hin S ali suS HjeeAf to d% fna EHSE ~ t,GGs.
chief or some chosen member Of the. tribe !
gamble the rival tribes leave for The Ha"r" {.
the game and establish villages on either srI,
players and spectatori. This house Of sCin -
Pprffrhhiresh 1o Tor or the the PLAYERS; N The centve : =
the e]ntranc" are" are o tnH.f f &na all ali ESt ept r6 I.E =
two young bucks, one from eachtrihc, who e.
hat they have been espGci9Ily honored, ~,
ar" on the ground and round the edges 4 ID
ting, amJ, mast be played only during the Hc1
moon; The hour is near; the PLAYERS tau,
villages, and followed by The mrmhers II the
trih"s they march toward the, big, t"pr". ear,
players, and. Of course. the persistent barking
and y"lping dog. Arriving Mt tn" entraqcc -;
take their positions around Tho mart' "wIhlile j
Spectators come IN later. and squat on the sk -
Icing in tie front row and Really for !,'ss at 49,
instant, Scorers are chosen. OF" from "a |
"','', ",'N!l' NV 'lItSt II'hS l ttGU :. .
wl,olook like Egyptian munrnies.
mat At a given sisG,al the t,st player make, 4
are beaten. and the sIuaws and bucks Of i
trlh" chant. while all ewes. are centred ~ 'h,;
chants, altogether ohlivious II the noise 81 -
"n about him. Finally. the trih" tone ,"'t
uhtll therH L. hut II lu2Zing sound and 10
Ph'"f ran ID" heard repeating in Niul"tpn",
Nh a .n.S, r. tS!"a no
Reh, Brh' Cn'-"h,
Scot SomGt! s"o,''
This IS hcNt taken up 10y the who'o trite At Y
constantly beaten. while III" sGuaw, aml turA.
their hands M and down. Is The song. il sur'I
It may he called, ends ths PLAYER st"ors ~"
az! nisk7 out from the huge pile If CHIPS eight
AZ Thesr h" clicks IN his houd~ -r,~ai'
worries Then he diyiG">s ihrm mo r,rt, l"'"
~ one nam and iiyc in th", o,h,r l""
!%,i ! re two '%i!' I ali '' Which /" S f@r t l"TSr ." o.
tnr.,y mat of in tr sndl Of him w,tE the ,~A,
move is Watched 1f" y the H "rP@ncM n".', Who ~.
anxious 70 keer track Of tn" "hall win w.,
two EunndIEIcs {" SEinms," the %d%@ailFH aI"p9. and nd Hs
opponents look steadfastly at the brown laGs
T Tmf o the OF to amTm points ars p not 4 w?r ain il Sn"HT@ f.;
dealer with q peculiar twist, of his wrist opens
'"S P 's Il r r. r %%' f 7! m t"T T fol The II of r." I .oi1.
4 great vel and vigorous beating "t the tour
tons are given by The winners, then fnceN liz:
anu su,I"n and their tom'um- are hushel
h" deal or play now shifts to the other sI.e.
ana much III" same performance IL given. on
me l4"hntation To the Great Father ot =. -
EHWhl" IS different; The game is kent mr. "".
III me required siSty-siN points hay" Ln'n
n!ale and everything is lost and won tbs
olt,n takes M the greater portion ~ a w'"E
and sometimes an entire week. playing n5gNt
ana day. This is readily explained, for th"rA
Is a rule that should one side win several sticks
me nther cannot score until all are won lH"E.
ana TO reach victory the entire sixty-siN must
One, OF the greatest games in rccont yra =
was that between the Cedar RIVER aud iNH't
river tribes. on ono side and III" Puval'Up- ~!
ihn oth"I,, II began on n sunday evening ar
thTted with varying fortune uutl sunset on ih'
following saturday. and-most lpme and IN
Intent conclusion ended In a draw.