. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 41. SET OF PLUM STONES FOR GAME. Diameter, \i No. 6355, II. M. Brackenridge, Views of Louisiana, together with a Journal of a voyage uptin Missouri River in 1811, Pittsburg, 1814. CHESS AND PLAYIXG-CARDS. 717 It seems hardly necessary to point out that he failed to comprehendthe object of the In reply to a letter addressed by the writer to Mr. George Bird (Irin-nell, of New York City, he kindly wrote the following account of whatthe Pawnee call the seed game: I have seen this game played among the Pawnee, Arikara,
. Chess and playing cards. Fig. 41. SET OF PLUM STONES FOR GAME. Diameter, \i No. 6355, II. M. Brackenridge, Views of Louisiana, together with a Journal of a voyage uptin Missouri River in 1811, Pittsburg, 1814. CHESS AND PLAYIXG-CARDS. 717 It seems hardly necessary to point out that he failed to comprehendthe object of the In reply to a letter addressed by the writer to Mr. George Bird (Irin-nell, of New York City, he kindly wrote the following account of whatthe Pawnee call the seed game: I have seen this game played among the Pawnee, Arikara, and Cheyenne, andsubstantially in the same way everywhere. The Pawnee do not use a bowl to throwthe seeds, hut hold them in a flat wicker basket, about the size and shape of anordinary tea plate. The womanwho makes the throw holds thebasket in front of her closeto the ground; gives the stonesa sudden toss into the air, andthen moves the basket smartlydown against the ground, andthe stones fall into it. Theyare not thrown h
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