Part 26 (2/2)

Clinch the hand and strike froiven you the sign for killing with a stroke

(_Matthews_) There is an evident similarity in conception and execution between the (_Oto and Missouri_ I) sign and _Wied's_

(_Boteler_) I have frequently seen this sign made by the Arikara, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians at Fort Berthold Agency

(_McChesney_) This motion, which maybe more clearly expressed as the doard thrust of a knife held in the clinched hand, is still used by eneral idea of ”kill,” and illustrates the antiquity of the knife as a weapon _Wied_ does not say whether the clinched hand is thrust doith the edge or the knuckles forward The latter is now the al the same tribes frons, and indicates the thrust of a knife e in advance The actual e life, is, however, often specified by appropriate gesture

Smite the sinister pal down”; or strike out with the dexter fist toward the ground,to ”shut down”; or pass the dexter under the left forefinger, ht hand cast down (_Macgowan_)

Hold the right fist, palm down, knuckles forward, and make a thrust forward and doard (_Arapaho_ II; _Cheyenne_ V; _Dakota_ VI, VII, VIII; _Hidatsa_ I; _Ponka_ II; _Arikara_ I; _Pani_ I) Fig 268

[Illustration: Fig 268]

Right hand clinched, thuer tips, elevated to near the shoulder, strike doard and out vaguely in the direction of the object to be killed The abstract sign for _kill_ is siht hand in the ht side (_Cheyenne_ II)

Close the right hand, extending the forefinger alone; point toward the breast, then throw froround (_Ojibwa_ V; _O against the ers, hold the left transversely in front of and as high as the breast, then push the right, palm down, quickly over and down in front of the left (_Absaroka_ I; _Shoshoni and Banak_ I) ”To force under--literally”

With the dexter fist carried to the front of the body at the right side, strike doard and outward several times, with back of hand upward, thumb toward the left, several times (_Dakota_ I) ”Strike down”

With the first and second joints of the fingers of the right hand bent, end of thuainst the etically forward and doard fro with a stone--man's first weapon

(_Dakota_, IV)

The left hand, thuidly extended, is held before the chest and struck in the palht hand (_Mandan and Hidatsa_ I) ”To kill with a blow; to deal the death blow” Fig 269

Right hand, fingers open but slightly curved, pal a curve (_O 269]

Another: Si in front of you, the other fingers but half open (_Oht hand, pal it quickly, horizontally, to the side of the head, then n for DEAD (_Ojibwa_ V; _Wyandot_ I) ”To strike with a club, dead”

Both hands, in positions (AA), with arn with the clinched fists as in fighting; the right hand is then raised fro a knife with the blade pointing doard and inward toward the left fist; the left fist, being held _in situ_, is struck now by the right, edgewise as above described, and both suddenly fall together (_Oto and Missouri_ I) ”To strike down in battle with a knife Indians seldoree or kill another in tins_:

Strike a blow in the air with the clinched fist, and then incline the head to one side, and lower the open hand, palm upward (_Ballard_)

Strike the other hand with the fist, or point a gun, and, having shot, suddenly point to your breast with the finger, and hold your head sidewise on the hand (_Cross_)

Use the closed hand as if to strike, and then move back the head with the eyes shut and the mouth opened (_Hasenstab_)

Put the head down over the breast, and thenthe neck (_Larson_)

_Turkish sign_: