Among the Pai Utes a common gambling game was played by four men sitting down in two rows opposite each other, that is, two on a side, and about five feet apart. In front of each side was a row of little sticks placed diagonally in sand heaped up, the ends sticking out toward the side to which the lot belonged. Two bits of bone formed the pieces, one being plain and the other having a buckskin string around it. These pieces were about two and a half inches long, tapering toward their ends. The leader of one side tosses both pieces into the air and, catching them, crosses his arms, pressing the fists against each shoulder. The point is for the other side to guess in which hand is the piece that is marked with the string, and the diagonally opposite player chooses. He does not at once indicate a choice, but sways his body back and forth, his right hand extended and waving to and fro across the opponent’s breast, and slapping his own chest, all the while fiercely uttering a gambling song. Finally he would point directly at the hand he chose, and if his guess were correct he received a tally stick, if not, the other side got one. The side that wins all the tally sticks is victor and carries off the stakes, which are usually put on the ground at one end of the group. This is something like the “hunt the button” game of the prairie tribes described by Mooney.[290] “It is the regular game in the long winter nights after the scattered families have abandoned their exposed summer positions on the open prairie and moved down near one another in the shelter of the timber along the streams.... The players sit in a circle around the tipi fire, those on one side of the fire playing against those on the other. The only requisites are the ‘button,’ usually a small bit of wood, around which is tied a piece of string or otter skin, with a pile of tally sticks.... Each party has a button, that of one side being painted black, the other being red. The leader of one party takes up the button and endeavours to move it from one hand to the other, or pass it on to a partner, while those of the opposite side keep a sharp lookout and try to guess in which hand it is.” This game is played by both sexes but never together. Still another game which was a great favourite all over the country, and is yet, especially among the women, is the “plum stone” or dice game. Five or six dice made of bone or plum stones, a small bowl or basket, and the usual tally sticks are the implements. Two of the dice are alike in shape and marking, while the others are different from these but like each other. The dice are tossed up and the count made according to the way the marks and blanks fall. [Illustration: TERRA COTTA RATTLE FROM CHIRIQUI]