Part 20 (1/2)

Half close the fingers of the right hand, hook the thuers; move the hand, back upward, a foot or so toward the object referred to, and suddenly let the fingers fly open

Scattered around, therefore bad An Arapaho sign (_Dakota_ IV)

Close the fingers of the right hand, resting the tips against the thuht to ar 236 (_Dakota_ VI, VII, VIII; _Ponka_ II; _Pani_ I)

[Illustration: Fig 236]

The signclosed near the breast, with the back toward the breast, then as the arers separated from each other (_Mandan and Hidatsa_ I)

Hands open, palms turned in; move one hand toward, and the other from, the body; then vice versa (_Oht hand forward, doard, and outward, and when near at arers fro water (_Wyandot_ I) ”To throay conte”

Raise hand in front of breast, fingers hooked, thuer, palm doard (G), then with a nervous ht and a little behind the body, with an expression of disgust on the face During h throwing soers and thuht and separated, palm backward (R 1) (_Sahaptin_ I) ”Aith it!”

Another: Saood_ But in the first position fingers are closed, and as the hand ht they are thrown open, until in final position all are extended as in final for _good_ (_Sahaptin_ I)

Extend the right hand, palm doard, and move it in a horizontal line fro water from the back of it or the index (_Coht hand, interruptedly, doard and backward past the right side (_Pi aside”

_Deaf-ns_:

Hold forward the closed hand with the little finger up, at the saue out a little and then shake the head with a displeased look (_Larson_)

Use the sign for _handson for GOOD), at the saler_)

_Deaf-er which is extended and raised), and held forith the fingers to the front is the sign for _bad_ illustrated in the Report for 1879 of the Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Duland

BEAR, ANIMAL

Pass the hand before the face tothe fingers like claws (_Burton_)

Hands in front of and about eight inches above the elbows, fingers slightly bent and open, thumbs and pal position So ht hand clasped down by the thuer extended, crooked doard; (2) the237

[Illustration: Fig 237]

Fingers of both hands closed, except the thuht toward the front, hands horizontal, backs upward, are held in front of their respective sides near the body, and then” This is also reported as an Arapaho sign (_Dakota_ IV) The paws and claws are represented

Seize a short piece of wood, say about two feet long, wave in the right hand, and strike a blow at an iinary person (_O about six inches long, hold it as dagger, pretend to thrust it doard under the breast-bone repeatedly, and each ti so; withdraw the stick, holding it up, and, showing the blood, point to the breast with the left forefinger,to say _so do thou when you meet the bear_ (_Omaha_ I)

Another: Pretend to stab yourself with an arrow in various parts of the body, then point towards the body with the left-hand forefinger