Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ks is almost smc to remem-ber the exact location of it; accordingly he resorts to various de\ icesto mislead (lie players. A favorite mode of deception is to havethe mound low where the roll is actually buried, hut more elevatedat some other point, The players aim to shoot their arrows into the 344 THE /.IM INDIANS roll of husks, and the one who strikes it wins the game. The winnerdraws the husk from beneath the earth with the arrow. When thearrow strikes the mound, hut does not touch the roll ot husk
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ks is almost smc to remem-ber the exact location of it; accordingly he resorts to various de\ icesto mislead (lie players. A favorite mode of deception is to havethe mound low where the roll is actually buried, hut more elevatedat some other point, The players aim to shoot their arrows into the 344 THE /.IM INDIANS roll of husks, and the one who strikes it wins the game. The winnerdraws the husk from beneath the earth with the arrow. When thearrow strikes the mound, hut does not touch the roll ot husks, it isremoved by the one who secretes the object, and a second player shootshis arrow. Each player takes his turn until the wad is* struck. Theone who had the arrangement of it is the last to shoot, and naturallythe most frequent winner. The game affords great amusement to theyounger men. Sayatilahnawl {horns hill, or killing the rabbit). Six goat hornsare placed in line on the ground at equal distances apart (in figure 18only four appear), and the players stand some rods away. The game. Fig. 19—Method of holding arrows in playing showiyaltowe. begins by a player starting to run and at the same time throwing arabbit stick toward the horns. He is entitled to as many horns as hestrikes and may continue to throw the stick as long as he is successfulin striking a horn. The one who strikes the largest number of hornswins the game. Showiyaltowe. Showijaltowe may be played by any number ofpersons, each one being provided with several arrows. Holding anarrow between his index and middle fingers and thumb, the first playerthrows it a distance of 10 or 12 feet (see figure 19). Then a secondplayer throws, aiming to have the feathers on his arrow shaft touch a Dr Walter Hough, of the United States National Museum, observed the Indians in Mexico playingthis game. STEVENSON] GAMES 3-45 those of the one already on the ground. If he is successful, he takesboth arrows and proceeds to make a
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