Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . kin-seeds in Arkansas. Whether withbeaver teeth in British Columbia, with bone and china disks in Wyoming, orAvith acorn cups and palmetto sticks in California, the games all reflect a familyresemblance, with marked variations characteristic of the conditions of each least 1,000 such varieties have been recorded among the tribes of Iroc^uoianstock; and more than 500 among those of Algonkian stock on Canadian high antiquity of the games is attested by the prehistoric stick dice foundin the cliff ruins of Mancos Canyon, Colorado; and b
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, . kin-seeds in Arkansas. Whether withbeaver teeth in British Columbia, with bone and china disks in Wyoming, orAvith acorn cups and palmetto sticks in California, the games all reflect a familyresemblance, with marked variations characteristic of the conditions of each least 1,000 such varieties have been recorded among the tribes of Iroc^uoianstock; and more than 500 among those of Algonkian stock on Canadian high antiquity of the games is attested by the prehistoric stick dice foundin the cliff ruins of Mancos Canyon, Colorado; and by the small bone dice fromthe prehistoric graves of Arizona and New Mexico. The ancient graves of pre-historic Hopi Indians of Arizona have likewise yielded [lottery bowls, decoratedwith stick dice. Dice games entered into their myths and were associated withtheir cultural heroes; dice games for them served great purposes: to alleviatetheir sickness, to produce their rain, to peer into the future, and to knit upthe ravelld sleave of •?:.L^^^_^- illCK^rppliun5 Timc~--«^^=^=^^—
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