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Evidence for Musinaykahwhanmetowaywin
2 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1459
Type Ethnography
Location 49°37'51.55"N, 105°59'36.22"W
Date 1907-01-01 - 1907-12-31
Rules One player plays with one larger piece, the Oke-mow, placed on the central point, and the other player with thirteen pieces situated on every point of one arm of the cross and along the line immediately perpendicular to that arm. Pieces move along the lines to an adjacent empty spot. The Oke-mow may jump over an adjacent piece to capture it. Multiple captures are allowed. The Oke-mow wins if it can capture all the opponent's pieces, the other player wins by blocking the Oke-mow from moving.
Content "Cree and Chippewa. Muskopetung Reserve. Qu'appelle, Assiniboia...collected by Mr. J. A. Mitchell, who describes the game under the name of musinaykahwhanmetowaywin: This game is played by two persons, one playing the king piece or oke-mow, against his opponent's thirteen pawns. Moves can be made in any direction by any of the pieces, provided the lines of the diagram are followed. The king has the power to take the king, but endeavor so to press it as finally to checkmate." Culin 1907: 791.
Confidence 100
Source Culin, S. 1907. Games of the North American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Id DLP.Evidence.1460
Type Artifact
Location 49°37'51.55"N, 105°59'36.22"W
Date 1907-01-01 - 1907-12-31
Rules Played on cross-shaped board, made of five squares, each divided into four squares and with the diagonals of the larger squares drawn. One player plays with one larger piece, the Oke-mow, placed on the central point, and the other player with thirteen pieces situated on every point of one arm of the cross and along the line immediately perpendicular to that arm.
Content Board from Assiniboia, Muskowpetung reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada. Played on cross-shaped board, made of five squares, each divided into four squares and with the diagonals of the larger squares drawn. One larger piece, placed on the central point, and the other thirteen pieces situated on every point of one arm of the cross and along the line immediately perpendicular to that arm. Field Museum Chicago (?) 61994. CUlin 1907: 791, fig. 1087.
Confidence 100
Source Culin, S. 1907. Games of the North American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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