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body, and a quick motion made representing the act of throwing articles 

 into the mouth. 



N imataioqtciqp = I do not hear it, I do not understand it. — The fore- 

 finger of either hand bent, and held toward the ear on the same side as 

 the hand, and then the finger jerked toward the centre of the ear. 

 Another mode of expressing the same idea is to hold the palm of the 

 hand toward the ear with the fingers half bent, and then to throw out- 

 ward the whole hand. 



Being born, or the time of our birth is represented by the left hand 

 being held palm downward, thumb toward the body, below the chest and 

 close to the person, the right hand palm downward, fingers pointing out- 

 ward from the body, and the whole right hand pushed under the left 

 hand and outward from the person. 



Anoin — Here, this place. — The end of the closed fist of the right hand 

 placed on the end of the closed fist of the left hand. 



Riding horseback is indicated by the first and second finger of the 

 right hand being separated and placed over the forefinger of the left 

 hand in a straddled fashion, the palm of the left hand being toward the 

 person. 



A friend of mine distant from me a mile 1 was anxious to converse 

 with, but he was beyond the sound of my voice and was rapidly walking 

 away from me. An Indian was coming toward him on foot, and seeing 

 my opportunity I called to one of my Indian friends near me and told 

 him to inform the Indian in the distance by means of the gesture-lan- 

 guage that I wished to talk with the white man. Immediately he used 

 the sign for kika = wait, pointed toward the white man, brought his right 

 hand down and toward his person in a swaying motion, then closed the 

 same hand, raised it and brought it toward the ground in a perpendicular 

 manner. The Indian in the distance walked up to the white man, and 

 delivered the message, who turned and came to the place where I awaited 

 him. 



The gesture-language is full of expressive signs, a few of which I have 

 given, but a small volume could be written on this interesting subject. 



