Quick links
snowsnake †
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.
1an.
an Indian game played with a straight wooden rod having a weighted head resembling that of a snake, this rod being slid over a smooth field of snow or down specially constructed runways. Also snowsnakes.
See: snake
Quotations
1888
If this is the game spoken of by other writers as "Snow-snakes," there is nothing in the [Abenaki] name to so indicate.
1935
In winter the children . . . vied with each other in the widely-spread game of snow-snake.
1956
Another game, seldom seen now, called "snow snake," was played in winter. . . .
1966
One of the oldest winter sports among the Indians of the Iroquois country . . . snowsnakes is beginning a revival after a slowdown of several years.
1bn.
the rod used in this game.
See: snake-stick
Quotations
1932
Did you ever see a snow snake?
1958
Snowshoes, hickory walking sticks, and snowsnakes (used in a traditional game) as well as a few masks are still made on various reserves.
1966
[Caption] Fred Green of Ohseweken examines highly polished snowsnake. Made from maple, ash, oak, or hickory, snakes range from 4 to 9 feet in length.
2n. — North, Trademark
See quote at Sikusi.
See: Sikusi
Quotations
1958
Each year there is a competition for the invention of a strange new northern animal--a contest in which clever taxidermists are apt to carry off the honours with such fantastic creations as the "snow snake" (a snake with a coat of fur).
Images
