When the edge of the circle is reached he picks up the ball and returns it to the center.

Once more the ball is moved in a line, this time to the East; when it touches the line of the circle it is picked up as before and placed in the center of the circle.

The symbolic figure that has thus been made is that of a circle within which two straight lines cross each other at right angles; the circle is divided into four quarters, one for each of the Four Winds.
THE GAME Every player now stands at attention, with his stick ready for action.

The Umpire pauses a moment at the center of the circle, then he picks up the ball lying there and throws it into the air as high as he can.

All the players, who have watched the throw, run in the direction where the ball seems likely to descend, in order to have a chance to strike it toward one of the goals.
To win the game the ball must be sent through a goal; to strike it so that it goes over or around the goal does not count.