428 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
' Cross the ends of the extended fingers of the two hands, the hands to 
be nearly at right angle, radial side up, palms inward and backward, 
thumbs in palms. Represents the logs at the end of alog house. (Creel; 
Dakota TV.) 
Partly fold the hands, the fingers extended in imitation of the corner 
of an ordinary log house. (Arapaho I.) 
Both hands outspread near each other, elevated to front of face; sud- 
denly separated, turned at right angles, palms facing; brought down 
at right angles, suddenly stopped. Representing square form of a 
house. (Cheyenne LI.) 
The fingers of both hands extended and slightly separated, then those 
of the right are placed into the several spaces between those of the left, 
the tips extending to about the first joints. (Absaroka I.) “From the 
arrangement of the logs in a log building.” 
Both hands extended, fingers spread, place those of the right into the 
spaces between those of the left, then move the hands in this position a 
short distance upward. (Wyandot I.) ‘Arrangement of logs and ele- 
vation.” 
Both hands are held edgewise before the body, palms facing, spread 
the fingers, and place those of one hand into the spaces between those 
of the other, so that the tips of 
each protrude about an inch 
beyond. (Hidatsa 1; Kaiowa 
I; Arikara 1; Comanche 111; 
Apache 11; Wichita Il.) “The 
arrangement of logsin a frontier 
house.” Fig. 253. In connec- 
tion with this sign compare the 
pictograph, Fig. 204, page 379, 
supra. In ordinary conversa- 
tion the sign for white man’s 
house is often dropped, using in- 
stead the genericterm employed 
for lodge, and this in turn is 
often abbreviated, as by the 
Kaiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, 
and others, by merely placing 
the tips of the extended fore- 
fingers together, leaving the other fingers and thumbs closed, with the 
wrists about three or four inches apart. 
3. 253. 
soth hands held pointing forward, edges down, fingers extended and 
slightly separated, then place the fingers of one hand into the spaces 
