MALLERY. | COMANCHEE—CREE—DAKOTA. 467 
Crow. See ABSAROKA. 
DAKOTA, or SIOUX. 
The edge of the hand passed across the throat, as in the act of cutting 
that part. (Long; Marcy in Army Life, p. 33.) 
Draw the lower edge of the hand across the throat. (Burton.) 
Draw the extended right hand across the throat. (Arapaho I.) ‘The 
cut-throats.” 
Pass the flat right hand, with palm down, from left to right across the 
throat. (Arapaho II; Cheyenne V ; Dakota V1, VIIL; Ponka IL; Pani 1.) 
Draw the forefinger of the left hand from right to left across the 
throat. (Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo 1.) ‘A cut-throat.” 
Forefinger and thumb of right hand extended (others closed) is drawn 
from left to right across the throat as though cutting it. The Dakotas 
have been named the “ cut-throats” by some of the surrounding tribes. 
(Dakota I.) ‘“ Cut-throats.” 
Right hand horizontal, flat, palm downward (as in W), and drawn 
across the throat as if cutting with a knife. (Dakota IL, L1.) 
Draw the open right hand, or the right index, from left to right hori- 
zontally across the throat, back of hand upward, fingers pointing toward 
the left. This sign is also made by the Arapahos. (Dakota IV.) “It is 
said that after a battle the Utes .took 
many Sioux prisoners and cut their 
throats ; hence the sign ‘“ cut-throats.” 
Draw the extended right hand, palm 
downward, across the throat from left to 
right. (Kaiowa 1; Comanche II, 111; 
Shoshoni and Banak 1; Ute 1; Apachell; f 
Wichita IL.) ‘“Cut-throats.” Fig 290. 
, Blackfoot (Sihasapa). 
Pass the flat right hand along the outer 
edge of the foot from the heel to beyond 
-the toes. (Dakota VIIIL; Hidatsa 1; 
Ponka ll; Arikara 1; Pani I.) Same as 
Fig. 286, above. ea 
Pass the right hand quickly over the right foot from the great toe 
outward, turn the heel as if brushing something therefrom. (Dakota V.) 
Pass the widely separated thumb and index of the right hand over the 
lower leg, from just below the knee nearly down to the heel. (MKaiowa 
I; Comanche I11; Apache IL; Wichita 11.) 
