The dart is started at a point at the top of the track. It is not rulable to shove it; it must simply be placed on the track and move of its own weight. The object of the game is to pass the dart in this way over as many of the barriers as possible without its leaving the track. Each player scores one point for each barrier, over which the dart passes without leaving the track, the one having the highest score at the end of the playing time winning. The players take turns in sliding the dart. Any player who can successfully pass his dart over all four barriers four times in succession, wins, irrespective of other scores. If desired, the players may play in partners.
This game is an adaptation from one played by the Cree Indians. For it the author is indebted to Mr. Stewart Culin's Games of the North American Indians.
SNOW SNAKE
Menominee Indian holding snow snake preparatory to throwing. From Hoffman.
Reproduced from "Games of the North American Indians," by Stewart Culin; with kind permission of the author and of the Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D.C.
SNOW SNAKE
2 to 10 or more players.
For the snow.