Part 42 (1/2)

(98) Motion of _paddling--in canoe_

(99) Right arradually curved back until index touches speaker--_caether_ as above (No 30)--_together_

(101) Motion of _paddling--paddled_

(102) Pointing to ground--_to this place_

(103) _K_ Motion of drinking water out of hand--_water_

(104) Describing circle with right index on palm of left hand extended horizontally--_lake_

(105) Left hand raised to height of eye, palers of left hand closed alternately--_how ht hand back to front, showing four fingers, eyes looking at the ooden breast-brace as above; three fingers of right hand shown as above--_three portages_

(108) _K_ Right hand pointing to gun of stranger--_gun_ Left hand raised height of eye, palht and left--_interrogation_

(109) Sign for _trade_ as before (No 22)--_trade_; ie, _where did you buy the gun?_

(110) _T_ Sign for _Mountain-river_ as above (No 2) Pointing eastward--_fro both hands, backs to front, fingers spread--_ten days_

(112) Pointing to me--_white man_

(113) Left hand held up vertically, palht index placed horizontally across fingers of left hand in front, about thesquare with right index on flat palun, powder-horn, blanket, and beads--_trading goods_

(116) Both hands horizontal, brought forward and upward fro this narrative I have observed the original sequence, but there were frequent interruptions, caused by consultation between Chatidoolts and his sons, and before the strangers departed again they had obtained a knowledge of soe

[Footnote 1: Chatidoolts explained this to his sons as well as tothat thesticks]

[Footnote 2: They never occupy a house in which one of the other Indians died]

_OJIBWA DIALOGUE_

[COMMUNICATED BY THE VERY REV EDWARD JACKER]

The following short dialogue forms part of the scanty tradition the civilized Ojibwas possess regarding their ancestors' sign language: