The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and ManuscriptsSchoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Indians of North America
2. When all the pieces turn red side up, and the Gitshee Kenabik with
the tail stands on the bright side of the brass piece, it counts 138.
3. When all turn up red, it counts 58 whether the brass pieces be bright
or black side up.
4. When the Gitshee Kenabik and his associate, and the two Ininewugs
turn up white side, and the other pieces red, it counts 58, irrespective
of the concave or convex position of the brass pieces.
5. When all the pieces turn up white, it counts 38, whether the
Ozawabiks, be bright or black.
6. When the Gitshee Kenabik and his associate turn up red, and the other
white, it counts 38, the brass pieces immaterial.
7. When one of the Ininewugs stands up, it counts 50, without regard to
the position of all the rest.
8. When either of the Gitshee Kenabiks stands upright, it counts 40,
irrespective of the position of the others.
9. When all the pieces turn up white, excepting one, and the Ozawabiks
dark, it counts 20.
10. When all turn up red, except one, and the brass pieces bright, it
counts 15.
11. When the whole of the pieces turn up white, but one, with the
Ozawabiks bright, it counts 10.
12. When a brass piece turns up dark, the two Gitshee Kenabiks and the
two men red, and the remaining pieces white, it counts 8.
13. When the brass piece turns up bright, the two Gitshee Kenabiks and
one of the men red, and all the rest white, it is 6.
14. When the Gitshee Kenabik in chief, and one of the men turn up red,
the Ozawabiks, bright, and all the others white, it is 4.
15. When both the Kenabiks, and both men, and the three ducks, turn up
red, the brass piece black, and either the Keego, or a duck white, it is
5.
16. When all the pieces turn up red, but one of the Ininewugs, and the
brass piece black, it counts 2.
The limit of the game is stipulated. The parties throw up for the play.
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