. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . iii-ta-qtii-cJii-ka. Any number of players canengage in the game. These players are choseninto sides. The first player begins the game byholding in his hand three pieces of short stick,white on one side and red on the other. Thesesticks are called Toh-be-ya, and take the place ofour dice. Rapidly they are flung upon the centrestone, — Tad-bi-chi-ka, —and as they fall, counts aremade as follows : — 3 whites up lO 2 whites and i red up 2 2 reds and i white up 3 3 reds up 5 Tallies are kept by placing short sticks
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . iii-ta-qtii-cJii-ka. Any number of players canengage in the game. These players are choseninto sides. The first player begins the game byholding in his hand three pieces of short stick,white on one side and red on the other. Thesesticks are called Toh-be-ya, and take the place ofour dice. Rapidly they are flung upon the centrestone, — Tad-bi-chi-ka, —and as they fall, counts aremade as follows : — 3 whites up lO 2 whites and i red up 2 2 reds and i white up 3 3 reds up 5 Tallies are kept by placing short sticks betweenthe stones — hiii — that compose the circle, one side counting in one direction from the openingYam-si-kyalb-yi-ka, and the other side keepingtally in the opposite direction. Of late years this gamic has been one of themost popular forms of gambling with the Hava-supai, and even the girls now play it, gambling forsafety-pins or other girls treasures. But space forbids lengthened description of thisinteresting people. Elsewhere I must write morefully about
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