Ethnological Notes
Morris Opler
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Ethnological Note 1
////The moccasin game is played at
night and in the winter only. Should the game continue into the day the
contestants must blacken their faces with charcoal. Sides are chosen [both men
and women play and the sides are not limited as to number] and a fire is
kindled. On its side of the fire each group buries four moccasins in a row,
leaving only the open tops visible. The object of the game is for one side to
hide a bone in one of the four moccasins so sucessfully that the other side
cannot guess in which moccasin the bone lies. When one side is prepared to hide
the bone, a blanket is held between the two opposing groups. While the hiding of
the bone is in progress, the side in possession of the bone sings songs
