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eled among most of the Indian tribes living between the Missouri River 
and the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Gerard’s own observations are based 
upon the experience of thirty-two years’ residence in that country, during 
which long period he has had almost daily intercourse with Indians. 
He states that the signs contributed by him are used by the Blackfeet, 
(Satsika), Absaroka, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara Indians, 
who may in general be considered to be the group of tribes referred to 
by the Prince of Wied. 
In the above noted collections the generality of the statements as 
to locality of the observation and use of the signs rendered it impossi- 
ble to arrange them in the manner considered to be the best to study 
the diversities and agreements of signs. For that purpose it is more 
convenient that the names of the tribe or tribes among which the 
described signs have been observed should catch the eye in immediate 
connection with them than that those of the observers only should fol- 
low. Some of the latter indeed have given both similar and different 
signs for more than one tribe, so that the use of the contributor’s name 
alone would create confusion. To print in every case the name of the 
contributor, together with the name of the tribe, would seriously bur- 
den the paper and be unnecessary to the student, the reference being 
readily made to each authority through this LIST which also serves as 
an index. The seven collections above mentioned will therefore be re- 
ferred to by the names of the authorities responsible for them. Those 
which now follow are arranged alphabetically by tribes, under headings 
of Linguistic Families according to Major J. W. POWELL’s classification, 
which are also given below in alphabetic order. Example: The first 
authority is under the heading ALGONKIAN, and, concerning only the 
Abnaki tribe, is referred to as (Abnaki I), Chief MAsva being the per- 
sonal authority. 
ALGONKIAN. 
Abnaki I. A letter dated December 15, 1879, from H. L. MasT, chief 
of the Abnaki, residing near Pierreville, Quebec. 
Arapaho I. A contribution from Lieut. H. R. Lemiy, Third United 
States Artillery, compiled from notes and observations taken by him in 
1877, among the Northern Arapahos. 
Arapaho Il. A list of signs obtained from O-Q0-HIS/-SA (the Mare, 
better known as Little Raven) and Na’-warc (Left Hand), members ot 
a delegration of Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians, from Darlington, Ind. 
T., who visited Washington during the summer of 1880. 
Cheyenne I. Extracts from the Report of Lieut. J. W. ABER, of his 
Examination of New Mexico in. the years 184647, in Ex. Doc. No. 41, 
Thirtieth Congress, first session, Washington, 1848, p. 417, et seq. 
Cheyenne II. A list prepared in July, 1879, by Mr. Frank H. C JsH- 
ING, of the Smithsonian Institution, from continued interviews with 
TITC-KE-MA’-TSKI (Cross-Hyes), an intelligent Cheyenne, then employed 
at that Institution. 
