Indian Games - Paperback

Indian Games by Andrew McFarland Davis is a comprehensive guide to traditional games played by Native American tribes across North America. The book provides detailed descriptions of over 200 games, including their rules, equipment, and cultural significance. The games range from simple contests of strength and agility to complex games of strategy and chance. Each game is accompanied by historical and cultural context, as well as illustrations and photographs. The author also includes a discussion of the importance of games in Native American culture, and how they were used for education, socialization, and spiritual purposes. Indian Games is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Native American culture, history, or recreation.""When the sides are equal the players will occupy an entire afternoon without either side gaining any advantage; at other times one of the two will gain the two games that they need to win. In this game you would say to see them run that they looked like two parties who wanted to fight. This exercise contributes much to render the savages alert and prepared to avoid blows from the tomahawk of an enemy, when they find themselves in a combat. Without being told in advance that it was a game, one might truly believe that they fought in open country. Whatever accident the game may cause, they attribute it to the chance of the game and have no ill will towards each other. The suffering is for the wounded, who bear it contentedly as if nothing had happened, thus making it appear that they have a great deal of courage and are men.""This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.