The soldiers, in attempting to locate the robbers, will use many devices besides a simple hunt. For instance, they will form a large circle and gradually work in toward the center, thus surrounding any robbers who may be hidden within the territory so covered. The game is won when all of the robbers have been made prisoners. Old clothes are quite in order for this game.
The soldiers will find whistles of advantage for signaling each other for help.
This game has been a favorite one for many generations with the boys at a large school near Copenhagen.
ROLLING TARGET AS PLAYED BY THE HIDATSA INDIANS, FORT CLARK, NORTH DAKOTA
From painting by Maximilian, Prince of Wied.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington D.C., from "Games of the North American Indians," by Stewart Culin.
ROLLING TARGET
2 to 30 players.