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Updated: July 21, 2025
They observed, soon after their removal, that the life of the village changed greatly. The old women were not often to be found in the shadow of the lodges playing Woskate Tanpan, the men gave up wholly Woskate Painyankapi, and throughout the village, no matter how stoical the Sioux might be, there was a perceptible air of excitement and suspense.
The Indians are more inveterate gamblers than the whites, and the old women, wrinkled, hideous hags of vast age, played their games with an intent, almost breathless, interest. They were playing Woskate Tanpan, or the game of dice, as it is known to the Sioux.
"A lot of warriors are gambling, too." A group of the men were gathered on a little green farther on, and the brothers joined them, beginning to share at once the interest that the spectators showed in several warriors who were playing Woskate Painyankapi, or the game of the Wands and the Hoop. The hoops were of ash, two or three feet in diameter, the ash itself being about an inch in diameter.
They could make the counting sticks represent whatever value they chose, this being agreed upon beforehand, and the old Sioux women had been known to play Woskate Tanpan two days and nights without ever rising from their seats. "What old harpies they are!" said Dick. "Did you ever see anybody so eager over anything?" "They are no worse than the men," replied Albert.
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