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right hand. (Mandan and Hidatsa 1.) ‘To kill with a blow; to deal the 
death blow.” Fig. 269. 
Right hand, fingers open but slightly curved, palm to the left; move 
downward, describing a curve. (Omaha I.) 
Another: Similar to the last, but the in- 
dex finger is extended, pointing in frontof 
you, the other fingers but half open. 
(Omaha I.) 
Place the flat right hand, palm down, at 
arm’s length to the right, bring it quickly, 
horizontally, to the side of the head, then 
make the sign forDEAD. (Ojibwa V; Wy- 
andot 1.) ‘To strike with a club, dead.” 
Fie. 269. 
Both hands, in positions (A A), with arms semiflexed toward the body, 
make the forward rotary sign with the clinched fists as in fighting; the - 
right hand is then raised from the left outward, as clutching a knife 
with the blade pointing downward and inward toward the left fist; the 
left fist, being held in situ, is struck now by the right, edgewise as above 
described, and both suddenly fall together. (Oto and Missouri I.) ‘*To 
strike down in battle with a knife. Indians seldom disagree or kill 
another in times of tribal peace.” 
Deaf-mute natural signs: 
Strike a blow in the air with the clinched fist, and then incline the 
head to one side, and lower the open hand, palm upward. (Ballard.) 
Strike the other hand with the fist, or point a gun, and, having shot, 
suddenly point to your breast with the finger, and hold your head side- 
wise on the hand. (Cross.) 
Use the closed hand as if to strike, and then move back the head with 
the eyes shut and the mouth opened. (Hasenstab.) 
Put the head down over the breast, and then move down the stretched 
hand along the neck. (Jarson.) 
Turkish sign: 
Draw finger across the throat like cutting with a knife. (Barnum.) 
In battle, To. 
Make the sign for BATTLE by placing both hands at the height of the 
breast, palms facing, the left forward from the left shoulder, the right 
outward and forward from the right, fingers pointing up and spread, 
move them alternately toward and from one another; then strike the 
