442 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
The hand waved outward with the thumb upward in a semi-curve. 
(Comanche 1; Wichita 1.) 
Elevate the extended index and wave it quickly from side to side 
before the face. This is sometimes accompanied by shak- 
ing the head. (Pai-Ute I.) Fig. 271. 
Extend the index, holding it vertically before the face, 
remaining fingers and thumb closed; pass the finger 
quickly from side to side a foot or so before the face. 
(Apache I.) This sign, as also that of (Pai-Ute 1), is sub- 
stantially the same as that with the same significance 
reported from Naples by De Jorio. 
Fic. 271. 
Another: The right hand, naturally relaxed, is thrown 
outward and forward toward the right. (Apache I.) 
Wave extended index before the face from side to side. (Apache III.) 
Another: Wave the index briskly before the right shoulder. This 
appears to be more common than the preceding. (Apache III.) 
Right hand extended at the height of the eye, palm outward, then 
moved outward a little toward theright. (Autchin I.) 
Extend the palm of the right hand horizontally a foot from the waist, 
palm downward, then suddenly throw it half over from the body, as if 
tossing a chip from the back of the hand. (Wichita I.) 
Deaf-mute natural signs : 
Shake the head. (Ballard.) 
Move both hands from each other, and, at the same time, shake the 
head. (Hasenstab.) 
Deaf-mute signs : 
French deaf-mutes wave the hand to the right and downward, with 
the first and second fingers joined and extended, the other fingers closed. 
This position of the fingers is that for the letter N in the finger alphabet, 
the initial for the word non. American deaf-mutes for emphatic nega- 
tive wave the right hand before the face. 
Turkish sign : 
Throwing head back or elevating the chin and partly shutting the 
eyes. This also means, ‘Be silent.” (Barnum.) 
Japanese sign: 
Move the right hand rapidly back and forth before the face. Commu- 
nicated in a letter from Prof. E. S. Morse, late of the University of 
Tokio, Japan, The same correspondent mentions that the Admiralty 
