The sun., 1900-12-23
no COLD FEET AMONG THEM,
~ o,uniTrs rHE CiiirOF,u SDiANs
tRE sTiigRs,
nis vscting' devoted so,'li ." .sr,irs Al
the Tnnii, ana .ood- Taken items no
in.,t. never out tntu t,ssn-d out.

io.t. Ns,,r out tniu Cleaned Out.
From N, C6icago Rrco,d
rpNoSA. C1l Doe - most oStr.'r-
diultv gambling Same las ilsi co'u" ~ nn
end IN the lttlr indlr pueblo NJ Icno'uln,
I'm Eiv.r. .idn county u continued rc1s"los-ly
for three dlv- mad night, and would not have
storpcd then buI for u" fr'l that tao In.
dllu- Of the PlcGauro trlu" hld lpa' ~ their
I,uy personal property of any cn-i value,
E'rrt their very garments aud grupts.
Ic,nroun n one Of the clryrn Mission IN
dian rurhlns IN southern california II O.,
situated among the Sierra Madrc fountains
Al the Mission indian, IN california nr.
famous gamblers. but the TemaCulis are
the most rochlcs- plungcr- anon. my rod
skins IN the West. Tho SHhObas. Temes"ll'
and pachangos ARE also proficient gamblers.
Every december these little remnants Of
former Ar"at tribes meet for season OF
gnwbhns Last year the four tribes campod
Al S,hoha aud had a week OF gambling The
pachanEnI and remescal' were winners
then. From that time ths Tom ',lns have
been watiua for ths opportunity Ia N..' back
their losingS Of last December and more.
too,
Tho Mission Indians seem to be born for
gambling so whit" gamblers will risk their
all 50 complacently as the red people do. and
no professional white plungerS ever stayed so
pcrsi.tently at gaming AL buck and squaws
gamble The indian agents and the whites
who have lived amung the rcd~Kns to teach
them habits of spbrirty and Industry have al
most abandoned hope Of rec.aiming lOand his
family from gambling WAYS, They can cur
tail the drink habit bat the love of games of
chance never There have been many times
as just at present among the Pachangos
when tribe has parted with everything b.
which ii may live and provide some sort of
livelihood TO the winners Of long gambling
game. But for the help of oharitabl" people
and the Indian agents the losers at the gam
bling game would be almost starved The one
gambling game Of the Indians Of the Plchc
Coast Is known as sing-gamble. ltisa simple
game OF guessing, but red man will wager
all his household possessions, even to his
clothing. on the game.
Early in November the four tribes that join
In the gambling fiesta began preparations for
the meeting on tho sGn-baked mesa In the
semitropic region Of Temecua canon. The
Indians gathered up their blankets. firearms.
household utensils. ponies, horses and fancy
feat hers and went afpot. in wagons and on
horseback over tlo mountains and through the
cations 10 Temccuia. When Lo goes 10 gamble
he takes every one and every thins N his home
circle The Indians camp Out and they stay
there uutil some tribe is compelled to cease
because 1t nas lost Literally its all ,.z
the NJ sion indians bcsau the stakes ll1Yea
Tor included horses, wagons, buCgies. saddles.
harness blankets. leWrirNi riIrN, Dtd g'4ns,
reg roaeu,ing total or slIOOworth Of lroi crty.
There was Al! that the allied trines To- ,o-~rd'
even 10 the clothes they woro and their win
t.r's suprly oi ,ood wager.d on the game.
lhe gt'ua vas conducted in huge "i' klup
Gr'TTT stood isSyS Gn Se & sea .elS4"
years and has been the seen" OF several re-
mrrnahie gambling sam"s ..,,,a
smoky bonfire OF twigS and drled SOD
was made at one side Of the rude structure
aud would have d. ven any whlte men to
ire open air w,h IT, ftm d ~, 9n inann. ~ s''Ga Ga
tiies Camled in { @ open ell about the gam
bling vi,,kiqp and attended TIE sam,n,s IN
always being opponent. of the member of
any other t.i5e Evory indian had ms 6lanket
wi,k.ap.' and the furiols noise Of the, gaming
never seemed to disturb their sluinbers,
The most earnest camIns Opened early each
the ground round about tie, wiCkiup. and
every rerson In the astenhled tribes was
dy to I'm N IT, sne etStTH q o. 'e9 gam
An hour after rundown. when the sctiye
W. wrlnkied. ver,., dark-vi1aaed and hob
bin; old bucks With as profound ceremony
a. thc Indians know, enter with the la out
and twice the size # liver dollar, and ~
talI. t.t-, all wrapred IN ga, ], decorated
crmplcte the outat straw mat. ore spread
before the fire. and two men from each. side
scat thomselvea. facing each other. and are
read for business. The tribal adherent' oi
the rival PLAYERS arrange thcmselve- Ia their
rear and wat II the game with Intense IN.
tare and bet reckle--l'. palefaCe cannot
inaciup the excitement that the suppress
u their black eve. follow the game.
Oue II the players takes ten chips. one OF
them distinguished from the others by
whitc ring. and divides them into two equal
piles and carefully mixes them with tho
bark. shavngs., lie then grabs one pile,
his hands in a circle rapidly from richt "a left
while one Of the opposite side guesses ~ whIcn
hand ho holds the hite ,ringcd chip, or
one of the tally sticks is taken from thee
player's pile and given To the guesser. but
II wrong the Guesser's pile suffers. The guess
Ing is done WITH deep study, and after tho
Of the chius and the shavincs from one hand
T. another Eacn - 70 starts with sixty
sticks and when one de has Won them all
tie game comes 10 D. end, lhe lndlans
chatter excitedly among themselves con-
cernng the conduct Of the gaming opera
tions and the speCtive winnings and losings.
Bets arc constantly being made. not on the
game, and all are settled at the same time.
These bets consist Of money. blankets, horses.
suns. co s, harness and everything tho
bettors possess. even to tho ciothins on their
backs
occasionally the gaming becomes very
noisv aud the tribes cndeavor 10 cheer thelr
respective tribal players and help Their own
bets toward winning by shouts and yellS and
deep cultural songs. Fancy what q noi,"
would be made by a lot of excited Indians
yelling such stnnza as this
Iiey-yo, hoho'
Hcy.yo, lao no. ho hol
Ayce. hoho. ayte, ayee
Mngi ningi. Pachango
All oh. as-a