They would see what the two youths meant to do.
Tayoga took from a pocket in his deerskin tunic eight buttons about three quarters of an inch in diameter and made of polished and shining elk's horn, except one side which had been burned to a darker color.
From another pocket he drew a handful of beans and laid them in one heap.

Then he shook the buttons in the palm of his hand, and put them down in the center of the table.

Six white sides were turned up and taking two beans from the common heap he started a pile of his own.

He threw again and obtained seven whites.

Then he took four beans.