forty points the player takes one of the small green tally sticks from the pile and she who first gets the number of tally sticks previously agreed on wins the game.”[288] Another game, widely spread and in some respects resembling the Mexican game of _patolli_, is thus described by Fewkes as he found it among the Mokis[289]: [Illustration: AMERIND GAMBLING TOOLS Set of bone dice, Arapaho. Length, 1¾ to 2¼ in. Set of counting sticks, Blackfeet. Length, 5½ in. Set of plum stones, Arikaree. Diameter, ¹¹⁄₁₆ in. ] “This game, _totolospi_, resembles somewhat the game of checkers, and can be played by two persons or by two parties. In playing the game, a rectangular figure divided into a large number of squares is drawn upon a rock, either by scratching or by using a different-coloured stone as a crayon. A diagonal line, _tuhkiota_, is drawn across the rectangle from north-east to south-west, and the players station themselves at each end of this line. When two parties play, a single person acts as player, and the other members of the party act as advisers. The first play is won by tossing up a leaf or corn husk with one side blackened. The pieces which are used are bean or corn kernels, stones and wood, or small fragments of any substance of marked colour. The players are stationed at each end of the diagonal line, _tuhkiota_. They move their pieces upon this line but never across it. The moves which are made are intricate and the player may move one or more pieces successively. Certain positions entitle him to this privilege. He may capture or, as he terms it, kill one or more of his opponent’s pieces at one play. In this respect the game is not unlike checkers, and to capture the pieces of the opponent seems to be the main object of the game.” Horse-racing is a great sport among all Amerinds and much valuable property changes hands on these occasions. There are also foot races. Anything they can bet on constitutes a game, and they are much like many white men in this respect. Arrows are shot into the air to see who can shoot out of sight, or they are shot at a mark and dexterous archers try to split the shaft of the preceding shooter. Or they throw arrows or bows over the ground or the snow to see who can throw farthest. In this line the Iroquois had the game known as “snow snake,” wherein a specially formed stick was caused to glide over the snow or ice. The Arapahos used for a similar purpose slender willow rods about four feet long peeled and painted and tipped with a point of buffalo horn. This is swung from one end like a pendulum and then let fly with a sweeping motion.