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pagessan
< Algonk.: cf. Cree pukēsēwuk they throw (gamble) with dice
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:pukessan
For convenience several apparent cognates are listed under this entry. See note at platter.
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
usually, game of the platter.
See: platter
Quotations
1819
The game most used amongst them, termed pukesann, is played with the stones of a species of prunus. . . .
1860,
Some time ago I seated myself by some Indians who were playing at pagessan
2n.
See 1907 quaote at hand game.
See: hand game
Quotations
1908
On the island our Cree half-breeds enjoyed the first evening's camp by playing the universal button-hiding game called Pugasawin, and which is always accompanied by a monotonous chant and the tom-tom. . . .
3n.
an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.
See: lahal
Quotations
1965
That night the Indians rounded off the day by playing Lahal, sometimes called Slahal or Pageesee.