Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . ic manner, and tlic articles then depositedwilli tlie managers of the game. A liet offered by a person upon one side, inthe nature of some valuable article, was matched l)y a similar article or one ofequal value by some one upon the other. Personal ornaments made up the usualgaming currency. Other l)ets were offered and taken in the same manner, untilhundreds of articles were sometimes collected. These were laid aside by themanagers until the game was decided, when each article lost hy the event washanded over to the winning indi\idual. together witli
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . ic manner, and tlic articles then depositedwilli tlie managers of the game. A liet offered by a person upon one side, inthe nature of some valuable article, was matched l)y a similar article or one ofequal value by some one upon the other. Personal ornaments made up the usualgaming currency. Other l)ets were offered and taken in the same manner, untilhundreds of articles were sometimes collected. These were laid aside by themanagers until the game was decided, when each article lost hy the event washanded over to the winning indi\idual. together witli liis own. which lie hadrisked against it. As early as 1664, Pierre Bouchci- in his Ilistoirc \ciitable et Naturelledes Moeurs et Productions du Pays de la Novelle France, (ch. 10, Paris),reports concerning the Algonquins of Three Rivers: This game of the dish isplayed with nine little flat round bones, black on one side, white on the other,which they stir n]i and cause to junqi in a large wooden dish, preventing them ABCH^OLOGICAL BEPORT.
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