 | Lewis Henry Morgan - 1901 - 404 sidor
...sometimes introduced as an amusement at the season of religious councils, the people dividing into 290 tribes, as usual, and betting upon the result. Eight buttons, about an inch in diameter, were made of elk-horn, and having been rounded and polished, were slightly burned upon one side to... | |
 | Lewis Henry Morgan - 1901 - 408 sidor
...for the game. Gus-ga-e-sa'-ta, or Deer-buttons.^} This was strictly a fireside game, although it was sometimes introduced as an amusement at the season of religious councils, the people dividing into 290 GAME OF DEER BUTTONS tribes, as usual, and betting upon the result. Eight buttons, about an inch... | |
 | 1907 - 946 sidor
...under the name of gusgaesatii. or deer buttons : This was strictly a fireside game, although it was sometimes introduced as an amusement at the season...result. Eight buttons, about an inch in diameter, were made of elk horn, and, having been rounded and polished, were slightly FIG. 118. Bone dice; Seneca... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1907 - 964 sidor
...under the name of gusgaesata, or deer buttons : This was strictly a fireside game, although it was sometimes introduced as an amusement at the season...the people dividing into tribes as usual and betting ui>on the result. Eight buttons, about an inch In diameter, were made of elk horn, and, having been... | |
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This was strictly a fireside game, although it was sometimes introduced as an amusement at the season of religious councils, the people dividing into tribes as usual and betting upon the result. 