Show evidence proves that indians were gamblers pittsburgh ila ia there was a great deal of gambling lone done here long be fore the advent of the numbers lacker C slot machines and similar forms of up T to date ways was to lose money according to carl 11 long of carrick Carr lck a suburb long has been collecting ni i ow heads stones and other things left behind by the indian tribes which once made the meeting place of the monon I oDon gahala allegheny and ohio rivers livers their headquarters the llie sites of indian encamp encampments ments in the ilia district yield beld mute evidence elic nce of tile the popularity of gambling before bi foie the white men inen came calne along long says stone rolling vas tile the most popular la r he says in mat hint one aie ouse mma man selected a nive ali 0 round slone abo blout u t two an and d a half indies inches in diameter lie ile rolled tile store stone along alin tile the ground at a imir led spot a big shot indian with ith bow an and tried to drive the stone from its donise ionise with his ahls weapons other kotlier brakes bet on or against liliu jilin sometimes long I 1 ong says the bet was as as Import mit as several strings ol of wampum or a blanket and sometimes sometimes only a squaw siu n these indians long says bis they were Corn planters and the biggest gamblers gamb lera of the eastern tribes also played the old shell game which still Is 14 tried in parts of new york lork city a nud ild in some rural districts |