What game involves 8 shoes, 8 stones (6 plain, 2 red) and 4 bundles of counters (3 bundles of 20 and 1 of 19)?

McGruff

I have found a Native American game involving these items called the Moccasin Game. http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/about/depts/tmc/nativega.htm Dec 11 03, 12:38 AM

mochyn

OK McGRUFF now for the hard part ,how do you play the game? Dec 11 03, 10:47 AM

McGruff

This game was played by hiding four bullets under four moccasins. One of the bullets were marked. "Striking sticks" made of oak were used to "make guesses." Twenty counting sticks, made of ironwood, were also used. Four men (two sets of partners) usually play, but sometimes more played. One partner hid the bullets while the other partner sang and pounded a drum while one of the opponent partners guessed the location of the marked bullet. There are numerous variants of the game. For example, the Potawatomi used just one bullet with four moccasins. http://www.hvl.bia.edu/GLVM/moccasin_game.htm Dec 13 03, 7:07 PM