Garfield County News | 1932-03-04 | Page 4 | Indians Great Gamblers

I 1 I 1 indians great gamblers Gamb lert the american indians throw marked plum stones and other objects in games that bore a resemblance to our I 1 dice games writes madelin itzstein lu the boston transcript the ascot scot indiana of maine used marked abona bone disks the sioux used plum 1 stones and the pueblos used blocks of wood in the early seventeenth century the north american indians were grasped by the gambling passion and it was a common practice for them to stake everything they had on the throw of a dice