goes entirely through the hoop so that it does not fall on the javelin, that counts nothing.  If both javelins catch on the hoop, that is a draw and neither player can count the point made.  If on this run and throwing of the hoop and javelins neither of the players scores a count, the player at the other end who is the partner of the one who threw the hoop now takes the hoop to throw it.  He and his opponent who stands beside him now start on a run; the hoop is thrown and the javelins hurled as before.  In this way the players at the ends of the course alternate in throwing the hoop North or South, but the right to throw the hoop belongs to the player who makes the best point.  The hoop thus passes from the east or west players according to the points made.

The game is an athletic sport, and much skill can be developed in the throwing of the javelins and also in the tossing of the hoop so as to prevent scoring by the opponent.

If the grounds are large enough, there is nothing to prevent having two courses and two games going on at the same time.

FOLLOW MY LEADER

This game is widely played among the Indian tribes, particularly by the boys, and also by the girls.  The Leader improvises the steps and the movements, which all who follow must repeat and keep time to the song.  The song here given is traditional in the Omaha tribe.  It has been handed down from one generation of young folk to another—­for how many, “nobody knows.”

THE GAME

A Leader is chosen, and all who join in the game must go where he goes, dance as he dances, move the arms, hands and feet as he does.  The skipping and dancing must be in exact time with the song that all must sing.  The game gives opportunity for fancy steps, winding, intricate figures, “cutting capers” and merry pranks.

Song

  Follow my Leader where’er he goes;
  What he’ll do next, nobody knows.

[Music]

PART III

INDIAN NAMES

INDIAN NAMES

INTRODUCTION.—­Among the Indian tribes of the United States all personal names have a definite significance.  Although there are diversities in the customs relating to names among the various tribes, yet, looking at these as a whole, personal names are observed to fall generally into two classes:  First, those which refer to sacred rites; second, those which commemorate a personal achievement.