thé other, so as to rub acme its palm, then up on the 
i ft 
_ other side of it. The le d here represents the low 
~ door of the. skin lodge, and oa right the man stoopingiamae 
to pass in. 
This sign, though peculiar, is nataral as respects the 
mode of living of the Indians, but is not universally appli- 
5 a. It corresponds with the sign for the preposition 
The sign for an object discovered, as distinguished from 
the simple act of seeing, is made by the aborigines ee 
.. much nicety and precision, and may with propriety, be 
_____ adopted in a universal language. 
Seeing.—The fore finger in the abtiteds of pointing is 
ed from the eye towa irds the real or peng meh object.” 
n or discovered.—The sign of a man 
imal 
Phe: indies sign for a man, is a fing 
which differs from the deaf and dumb s ! 
for a bison, is the same as the deaf and. bab sign for a 
cow, viz. 
“ The two fore. fingers are placed near os =n pe 9 
ting so as to represent the horns of the an ie 
ow when a party of Indians, are er Oe on a hunting, or 
warlike expedition, they may discover a man, the scout of & 
: hostile party, or an herd of buffaloes. The sign for discov- 
= ery in such a case will be di fferet t from that of the simple 
act of seein oS 
__ Ingeneral we cast our eyes upon an object with indiffer-. 
, and in seeing, simply distinguish a man from an 
animal, a tree from a shrub, a house from a barn ; or We 
termine the relative shape, size, or distance of ane ob- 
_ This is done by the coup d’eil, and therefore. the ac’ 
ig, in the universal language of signs, is to direct the 
om the eyes to the object. 
