. Chess and playing cards. ia. that have been tossed Mr. Gushing informs me that depend upon whether the tossed arrow falls upon the other atits head, middle, or foreshaft. Mr. E. W. Davie lias given me an account of this game, as seen by him played bythe Apache of Geronimos band in 1889, in St. Augustine, Florida. He states thatthe mark was about 10 feet away. The arrows were tossed point first. The bo throw was required to land on the mark. I the did so he got his arrow .hi arrow in the field, the object of the next player was to toss his arr
. Chess and playing cards. ia. that have been tossed Mr. Gushing informs me that depend upon whether the tossed arrow falls upon the other atits head, middle, or foreshaft. Mr. E. W. Davie lias given me an account of this game, as seen by him played bythe Apache of Geronimos band in 1889, in St. Augustine, Florida. He states thatthe mark was about 10 feet away. The arrows were tossed point first. The bo throw was required to land on the mark. I the did so he got his arrow .hi arrow in the field, the object of the next player was to toss his arrow sothat it should eross the first thrown, and so on through the crowd. I have seen asmany as six play, and often all would toss around without anyone winning. In thiscase the arrows on the ground remained in the pot, so to speak. The play then wenton, each player winning as many arrows as he could succeed in crossing with hieown, until the whole number was removed. Report of U. S National Museum, 1896.—Culm. Plate 3. -. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 687
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