. Chess and playing cards. Fig. OF GAMING STICKS. Length, 12 Indians, Upper Missouri. From a sketch by Edwin T. Denig. Each throws in turn against all others, and if the whole of the marked sides or all the fair sides of the sticks are turned up, she is entitled to a successive throw. The game is forty, and they count by small sticks as in the preceding. In fine weather many of these gambling circles can be seen outside their lodges, spending the whole day at it, instead of attending to their household affairs. Some men prohibit their wives from gambling, but these tak
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. OF GAMING STICKS. Length, 12 Indians, Upper Missouri. From a sketch by Edwin T. Denig. Each throws in turn against all others, and if the whole of the marked sides or all the fair sides of the sticks are turned up, she is entitled to a successive throw. The game is forty, and they count by small sticks as in the preceding. In fine weather many of these gambling circles can be seen outside their lodges, spending the whole day at it, instead of attending to their household affairs. Some men prohibit their wives from gambling, but these take the advantage of their husbands
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