 | United States - 1911 - 388 pages
...result that could not possibly be secured by the use of feathers, as in the case of ordinary arrows. Bows and arrows were formerly used, but for many generations...witnessed this game at Mandeville, some ten miles from Hayou Lacomb, in 19pl, described it as played with eight grains of corn;0 hence it seems evident that... | |
 | 1917 - 686 pages
...aggregate, won. Each 'black' turned up counted one point; all 'white' turned up counted either five or seven points, according to the number of kernels used. Any...could play at the same time, but usually there were omly two." The great ball game of the Choctaw, so often mentioned by the early writers, is known to... | |
 | John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart - Louisiana - 1922 - 708 pages
...aggregate, won. Each 'black' turned up counted one point; all 'white' turned up counted either five or seven points, according to the number of kernels used. Any...could play at the same time, but usually there were omly two." The great ball game of the Choctaw, so often mentioned by the early writers, is known to... | |
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black' turned up counted one point; all 'white' turned up counted either five or seven points, according to the number of kernels used. Any number of persons could play at the same time, but usually there were omly two." The great ball game of the Choctaw,... 