GRAPHIC ART OP THE ESKIMOS. 949 



Bury, To. (Buried.) 



This sign made to follow that for luau, or a man dead or killed. 



Place both hands nearly at arm's length before the body, palms down, about 8 or 

 10 inches apart, and 18 inches or 2 feet from the ground ; then draw them backward 

 simultaneously toward the body, slowly. 



Chief, Head. 



Make the sign for man (mustache) ; then place the flat right hand before the face, 

 at some distance, tingers extended and separated and pointing upward, and touch 

 the tip of the middle finger with the extended forelinger of the left hand. Concep- 

 tion : The most elevated of the whole niunher. 

 Chief's Wife, Head 



Make the sign for chief, head (mountain natives); then place the flat hand at the 

 height of the face, palm inward, fingers extended and separated ; then Hex the thumb 

 at the first joint and lay the tip of the index upon it just back of the thumb nail; 

 conclude by passing the right hand downward over the right side of the head and 

 outward toward the shouldei" — hair, woman. 



Cold. 



Imitate shivering as from cold. Sometimes the clinched hands are brought for- 

 ward in front of the breast, as is involuntarily done when suffering from the cold. 

 Come, To. (Infin.) Came. 



Bring the hand from one side of the body inward toward the breast, the fingers 

 pointing upward and nearly collected to a point. 

 Creek. 



With the palms facing and about 10 or 12 inches apart, pass them edgewise for- 

 ward to arm's length, then add the sign for drink. Course and width of water. 

 Daughter. 



Make the sign for woman (hair) ; designate height, and 7ni)ie. 

 Day. 



Throw the head slightly upward with the eyebrows elevated, and throw the hands 

 upward and outward with the fingers extended and separated, palms inward and 

 slightly to the front. 

 Day. 



Hands passed upward and outward toward their respective side in a curve from 

 near the front of the breast, aud terminating at a point as high as the top of the 

 head, but on either side of it. The eyes follow an upward direction at the same time. 

 Day. 



Same sign as for sun. 

 Dead. 



Cross the forearms upon the breast and throw the head back, with the eyes closed. 



This gesture is also made by the natives of the interior, who are uuaccjuaiuted 

 with the customs or religion of the Russians. 

 Deer. — Buck. 



Place the hands with the fingers and thumbs extended aud separated, palms 

 forward, above and on either side of the head. Conception: Horns. 

 Deeh. — Doe. 



With the hands scoop-shaped, fingers spread and extended, imitating running, 

 with the hands thrown downward, the movement being alternately with right and 

 left. 

 Deity. (Great Spirit.) 



The same sign as given by the coast Indians by pointing upward toward the 

 zenith, and then imitate the cross by passing the fingers of the right hand from the 

 forehead to the breast, and then from the left shoulder to the right, instead of the 

 right to the left. 



