Ring and Arrow Game -Tokoinawas

 Ring and Arrow Game- Tokoinawas 

A ring  of seven inches in diameter is made out of dry corn husks, over -wrapped with half with white and half with red cord, and four corn-cob darts, each with two feathers and wooden points about ten inches in length.

Four play the game. Two facing each other roll the ring back and forth. The other two on opposite sides, shoot at it with darts. The arrows are shot from the hand, being so held, that the middle finger runs between the two feathers.The one, who hits the ring, or shoots through it the oftenest, in ten rolls, wins. 

Four play the game.

 One man rolls the ring by two opponents, one of whom shoots at it with a blunt arrow with a bow, tä-lip. If he knocks it over, it counts 1 point; if he transfixes it,- counts 10 points. Each part of the arrows used in this game, which are 30 inches long, has a name quite different from those of war, small game, or flight arrows. The foreshaft is literally "come to us." The shaft is literally "tied together," or "links." The feathers are literally "appointed season." I could get no light on the reason for so naming them. 

References:

1.Everyland 1913
2. TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT PL I BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 1907