Part 33 (1/2)

Draw the lower edge of the right hand across the left ar it with a knife (_Burton_)

With the index-finger of the right hand proceed as if cutting the left ar motion from the wrist upward, to represent the cuts or burns on the are palowan_)

Draw the extended right hand, fingers joined, across the left wrist as if cutting it (_Arapaho_ I)

Pass the ulnar side of the extended index repeatedly across the extended finger and back of the left hand Frequently, however, the index is drawn across the wrist or forear 289 See p 345 for re 289]

The extended index, paler of the left hand (palht hand is draard the body until the index is drawn clear off; then repeat Some Cheyennes believe this to have reference to the fors to spirits, while others think it refers to a ers for necklaces (_Cheyenne_ II)

Place the extended index at the right side of the nose, where it joins the face, the tip reaching as high, as the forehead, and close to the inner corner of the eye This position ht hand rest upon the chin, while the index is perpendicular (_Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo_ I) It is considered that this sign, though given to the collaborator as expressed, was an error It applies to the Southern Arapahos Lieutenant Creel states the last re reference to the Southern bands

As though sawing through the left forearht held back outward, thun n as for a _saw_ The Cheyenne Indians are known to the Sioux by the naers and thue doard, and drawn sharply across the other fingers and forear with a knife (_Dakota_, III)

Draw the extended right index or the ulnar (inner) edge of the open right hand several times across the base of the extended left index, or across the left forearn is also made by the Arapahos (_Dakota_ IV) ”Because their ars to spirits”

Draw the extended index several tier fro forward and slightly toward the right Fro arms transversely with colors (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ II, III; _Apache_ II; _Ute_ I; _Wichita_ II)

Another: Make the sign for DOG, viz: Close the right hand, leaving the index and second fingers only extended and joined, hold it forward from and lower than the hip and draw it backward, the course following the outline of a dog's forn TO EAT, as follows: Collect the thuers to a point, hold the enerally used, but the other and more common one is also employed, especially so with individuals not fully conversant with the sign language as employed by the Comanches, &c (_Kaiowa_ I; _Co-eaters”

Draw the extended index across the back of the left hand and arns given for the same tribe by other Indians, but is held at least four or five inches from it (_Shoshoni and Banak_ I)

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Ier, the forward crawling motion of a snake (_Burton_, also _Blacke's _Plains of the Great West_ _New York_, 1877, p xxv) The san is used for the Shoshoni, more commonly called ”Snake”, Indians, who as well as the Couistic fae; Marcy_ in _Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border_ _New York_, 1866, p 33) Rev AJ Holt re the Co of a rope, or lariat This refers probably to their well-known horseowan_)

Hold the elbow of the right ar it; extend the forearers joined on a level with the elbow, then with a shoulder movement draw the forearers are behind the body; at the saht and left several tirass A snake drawing itself back in the grass instead of crossing the road in front of you”

Another: The sign by and for the Co both hands and ar both hands with their backs upward along the lower end of the hair to indicate _long hair_, as they never cut it (_Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo_ I)

Right hand horizontal, flat, palm doard (W), advanced to the front by aof a snake (_Dakota_ III)

Extend the closed right hand to the front and left; extend the index, pal it back to the right hip (_Arapaho_ II; _Cheyenne_ V; _Dakota_ VI, VII, VIII; _Ponka_ II; _Kaiowa_ I; _Pani_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II) This297 _infra_

Make the reverse gesture for _Shoshoni_, ie, begin away froht hip while rotating it (_Con for WAGON and then the sign for MAN (_Dakota_ I) ”This indicates the Red River half-breeds, with their carts, as these people are so known fro with carts”

Place the first and second fingers of the right hand in front of the mouth (_Kutine_ I)