MALLERY. J BARTER—BUY. 453 
Close the fingers of both hands (K); bring them opposite each 
shoulder; then bring the hands across each other’s pathway, without 
permitting them to touch. At the close of the sign the left hand will be 
near and pointing at the right shoulder; right hand will be near and 
pointing at the left shoulder. (Comanche I.) 
Close both hands, leaving the forefingers only extended; place the 
right before and several inches above the left, then pass the right hand 
toward the left elbow and the left hand toward the right elbow, each 
hand following the course made by a flourishing cut with a short sword. 
This sign, according to the informant, is also employed by the Banak 
and Umatilla Indians. (Comanche I1; Pai-Ute I.) 
The forefingers of both hands only extended, pass the left from left to 
right, and the right at the same time crossing its course from the tip 
toward the wrist of the left, stopping when the wrists cross. (Ute I.) 
“ Exchange of articles.” 
Right hand carried across chest, hand extended, palm upward, fingers 
and thumb closed as if holding something; left hand, in same position, 
carried across the right, palm downward. (utchin I.) 
Hands pronated and forefingers crossed. (Zuni 1.) 
Deaf-mute natural sign: 
Close the hand slightly, as if taking something, and move it forward 
and open the hand as if to drop or give away the thing, and again close 
and withdraw the hand as if to take something else. (Ballard.) 
American instructed deaf-mutes use substantially the sign described 
by (Mandan and Hidatsa 1). 
— To buy. 
Hold the left hand about twelve inches before the breast, the thumb 
resting on the closed third and fourth 
fingers; the fore and second fingers 
separated and extended, palm toward 
the breast; then pass the “extended 
index into the crotch formed by the 
separated fingers of thelefthand. This Wie. 279. 
is an invented sign, and was given to illustrate the difference between 
buying and trading. (Utel.) Fig. 279. 
Deaf-mute natural sign : 
Make a circle on the palm of the left hand with the forefinger of the 
right hand, to denote coin, and close the thumb and finger as if to take 
the money, and put the hand forward to signify giving it to some one, 
and move the hand a little apart from the place where it left the money, 
and then close and withdraw the hand, as if to take the thing purchased. 
( Ballard.) 
