Part 22 (1/2)

Place the extended index at so forward and slightly upward, then place the left hand with fingers and thumb extended and separated over the index, and while pushi+ng the index to the front, draw the left hand backward toward body and to the left Ahead of others (_Absaroka_ I; _Arikara_ I) Fig 246

Point the extended index forward and upward before the chest, then place the spread fingers of the left hand around the index, but at a short distance behind it, all pointing the same direction Ahead of the re 247]

Grasp the forelock with the right hand, palht side of the head by passing the hand in that direction (_Pai-Ute_ I) Fig 247

The French deaf-n for _order, cons In it the index tip first touches the lower lip, then is raised above the head and brought doith violence (_L'enseignment primaire des sourds-muets; par M Pelissier

Paris, 1856_)

Not only in Naples, but, according to De Jorio, in Italy generally the conception of _authority_ in gesture is by pressing the right hand on the flank, accompanied by an erect and squared posture of the bust with the head slightly inclined to the right The idea of _substance_ is conveyed

[Illustration: Fig 248]

----, Warrior lower than actual, but distinguished for bravery

Place the left forefinger, pointing toward the left and front, before the left side of the chest, then place the extended index near (or against) the forefinger, and, while passing the latter outward toward the left, draw the index toward the right (_Absaroka_ I; _Arikara_ I; _Shoshoni_ I) Fig 248

DEAD, DEATH

Throw the forefinger from the perpendicular into a horizontal position toward the earth, with the back doard (_Long_)

Hold the left hand flat over the face, back outward, and pass with the si or touching it (_Wied_) The sign given (_Oto and Missouri_ I) has no similarity in execution or conception with _Wied's_ (_Boteler_) This sign may convey the idea of _under_ or _burial_, quite differently executed fron to be that of wonder or surprise at hearing of a death, but not a distinct sign for the latter

The finger of the right hand passed to the left hand and then cast down (_Macgowan_)

Hold the left hand slightly arched, palht about fifteen inches before the breast, then place the extended index nearer the breast, pointing toward the left, pass it quickly forward underneath the left hand and in an upward curve to termination (_Arapaho_ II; _Cheyenne_ V; _Ponka_ II; _Pani_ I)

Place the palm of the hand at a short distance froently in an oblique doard direction and inclining the head and upper part of the body in the sae 353 for ren

Hold both hands open, with palers back on brain, close eyes, and incline body a little forward and to right or left very low, and re the word _Ke-nee-boo_ slowly (_Ojibwa_ IV)

Left hand flattened and held back upward, thuht hand slightly clasped, forefinger more extended than the others, and passed suddenly under the left hand, the latter being at the saently moved toward the breast (_Cheyenne_ II) ”Gone under”

Both hands horizontal in front of body, backs outward, index of each hand alone extended, the right index is passed under the left with a doard, outward and then upward and inward curved motion at the same time that the left is moved inward toward the body two or three inches, the un ”Upset, keeled over” For _n of (_Cheyenne_ II) expresses ”gone under,” but is not used in the sense of _death, dead_, but _going under a cover_, as entering a lodge, under a table, &c (_Dakota_ I)

Make the sign for ALIVE, viz: The right hand, back upward, is to be at the height of the elbow and forward, the index extended and pointing forward, the other fingers closed, thu the hand outward, move it to a position about four inches in front of the face, the back looking forward and the index pointing upward; then the sign for No (_Dakota_ IV)

Another: Hold the left hand pointing toward the right, palm obliquely doard and backward, about a foot in front of the lower part of the chest, and pass the right hand pointing toward the left, palm doard, froht position in front of the face, back forward, index extended and other fingers closed, carry the right hand doard and forward underneath the left and about four inches beyond it, gradually turning the right hand until its back is upward and its index points toward the left An Arapaho sign Gone under or buried (_Dakota_ IV)

Hold the left hand slightly bent with the palht hand, pointing toward the left, forward under and beyond the left (_Dakota_ VI, VII)

Hold the right hand, flat, palm doard, before the body; then throw it over on its back to the right,a curve of about fifteen inches (_Dakota_ VI; _Hidatsa_ I; _Arikara_ I) The gesture of reversal in this and other instances s in which the reversed character for the naiven in Fig 249, taken fro the cedar burial post or _adjedatig_ of Wabojeeg, an Ojibar chief, who died on Lake Superior about 1793 He belonged to the deer clan of his tribe and the ani 249]