444 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN. INDIANS. 
Another: Throw both hands outward toward their respective sides 
from the breast. ( Wyandot 1.) 
Pass the flat right palm over the palm of the left hand from the wrist 
forward over the fingers, (Kaiowa 1; Comanche I1L; Apache Il; Wi- 
chita IJ.) “‘ Wiped out.” 
Hold the left hand open, with the palm upward, at the height of the 
elbow and before the body; pass the right quickly over the left, palms 
touching, from the wrist toward the tips of the left, as if brushing off 
dust. (Apache I.) 
Deaf-mute natural signs : 
Place the hands near each other, palms downward, and move them 
over and apart, bringing the palms upward in opposite directions. (Bal- 
lard.) 
Make a motion as in picking up something between the thumb and 
finger, carry it to the lips, blow it away, and show the open hand. 
( Wing.) 
Australian sign : 
Pannie (none or nothing). For instance, a native says Bomako ingina 
_ (give a tomahawk). I reply py shaking the hand, 
. thumb, and all fingers, separated and loosely ex- 
tended, palm down. (Smyth, loc. cit.) Fig. 273. 
Fic. 273. 
Turkish sign: 
Blowing across open palm as though blowing off feathers; also means 
“ Nothing, nothing left.” (Barnum.) 
, | have none. 
Deaf-mute natural signs : 
Expressed by the signs for none, after pointing to one’s self. (Ballard.) 
Stretch the tongue and moye it to and fro like a pendulum, then 
shake the head as 1f to say “no.” (Ziegler.) 
——w—Left. Exhausted for the present. 
Hold both hands naturally relaxed nearly at arm’s length before the 
body, palms toward the face, move them alternately to and fio a few 
inches, allowing the fingers to strike those of the opposite hand each 
time as far as the second joint. (aiowa 1; Comanche I11; Apache I; 
Wichita I1.) Cleaned out. 
