Making the Wood Jump -Native American Indian Game

Making the Wood Jump- Ichapsil Eckunpi 

Native American Indian Game

The boys imagine themselves standing on the ice near the banks of a stream, which they have marked off on the ground. They take turns in hitting at a piece of wood in the stream, trying to send it flying into the air.

SIQUAN STOCK 

DAKOTA TETON 

South Dakota

 Rev. J. Owen Dorsey describes the game under the name ichapsil echunpi,- making the wood jump, by hitting it. When the boys play this game, an imaginary stream is marked off on the ground, and the players stand on imaginary ice near the shore. They take turns at knocking at a piece of wood in order to send it up into the air. He, who fails to send up the piece of wood, loses his stakes, and he, who succeeds, wins the stakes.  

References:

1. Everyland 1913
2. Annual Reports Vol.24 1907

3.THE CLASSROOM TEACHER VOLUME XII THE CLASSROOM TEACHER INC CHICAGO 1927