 When they have ran a few yards each darts his pole, anointed with bear's oil, with a proper force, as near as he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone. When this is the case, the person counts two...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 2141846Full view - About this book
 | Charles Colcock Jones (Jr.) - 1861 - 132 pages
...the stone when it ceases its motion. When the end of the pole lies close by the stone, the thrower counts two of the game ; and in proportion to the nearness of the pole to the mark, one is counted. In this manner the players will run incessantly at half speed the... | |
 | Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology - 1880 - 802 pages
...he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone — when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner, the players will... | |
 | Charles Colcock Jones - 1873 - 660 pages
...as he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone : when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner the players will... | |
 | Charles C. Jones - 1873 - 622 pages
...as he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone: when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner the players will... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1874 - 432 pages
...stone. Should either spear touch the stone, the player counts two of the game ; and in proportion of the nearness of the poles to the mark, one is counted,...be an equal distance from the stone. In this manner they will continue running most of the day at half speed, under the violent heat of the sun, staking... | |
 | Charles Rau - 1876 - 118 pages
...as he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone; when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stoiie. In this manner the players will... | |
 | Harvard university Peabody mus - 1880 - 804 pages
...he can guess in proportion to the motion of the etone, that the end may lie close to the stone — when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner, the players will... | |
 | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - 1880 - 806 pages
...he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone — when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner, the players will... | |
 | Harvard university Peabody mus - 1880 - 804 pages
...can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone—when this is the case, the person counts two of the game,...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by meas-uring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In tliis manner, the players... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - 1927 - 678 pages
...he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone — when this is the case, the person counts two of the...of the poles to the mark, one is counted, unless by measuring, both are found to be at an equal distance from the stone. In this manner, the playera will... | |
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