MALLERY.] PICTOGRAPHS—HEAR—KILL. 377 
in Kingsborough, loc. cit. IV, pt. 3, p. 31, has been considered to be a 
royal edict or command. The gesture to hear is plainly depicted, and the 
right hand is directed to the persons addressed, so the command ap- 
pears to be uttered with the preface 
of Hear Ye! Oyez! 
The typical sign for kill He 
or killed is: Right hand ta 
clinched, thumb lying along 5 
finger tips, elevated to near + 
the shoulder, strike down- 
ward and outward vaguely in the direction of the ob- 
ject to be killed. The abbreviated sign is simply to 
clinch the right hand in the manner described and 
strike it down and out from the right side. (Cheyenne 
IJ.) This gesture also appears among the Dakotas and 
is illustrated in Fig. 200. UCB Tb 
Fig. 201, taken from the Dakota Calendar, illustrates this gesture. It 
Fic. 201. 
