MALLERY. ] DAKOTA—FOX—HIDATSA. 469 
GRos VENTRE. See HIDATSA. 
Hipatsa, GROS VENTRE, or MINITARI. 
Both hands flat and extended, palms toward the body, with the tips 
of the fingers pointing toward one another; pass from the top of the 
chest downward, outward, and inward toward the groin. (Absaroka 1; 
Dakota V, V1, VU, VIIL; Shoshoni and Banak I.) “ Big belly.” 
Left and right hands in front of breast, left placed in position first, 
separated about four or five inches, left hand outside of the right, hori- 
zontal, backs outward, fingers extended and pointing left and right; 
strike the back of the right against the palm of the left several times, 
and then make the sign for Go, GOING, as follows: Both hands (A 1) 
brought to the median line of body on a level with the breast, some 
distance apart, then describe a series of half circles or forward arch- 
like movements with both hands. (Dakota I.) ‘The Gros Ventre In- 
dians, Minitaris (the Hidatsa Indians of Matthews), are known to the 
Sioux as the Indians who went to the mountains to kill their enemies; 
hence the sign.” 
Express with the hand the sign of a big belly. (Dakota III.) 
Pass the flat right hand, back forward, from the top of the breast, 
downward, outward, and inward to the pubis. (Dakota V1; Hidatsa 1; 
Arikaral.) “Big belly.” 
INDIAN (generically). 
Hand in type-position K, inverted, back forward, is raised above the 
head with forefinger directed perpendicularly to the crown. Describe 
with it a short gentle curve upward and backward in such a manner 
that the finger will point upward and backward, back outward, at the 
termination of the motion. (Qjibwa V.) “Indicates a feather planted 
upon the head—the characteristic adornment of the Indian.” 
Make the sign for WHITE MAN, viz: Draw the open right hand hori- 
zontally from left to right across the forehead a little above the eye- 
brows, the back of the hand to be upward and the fingers pointing 
toward the left, or close all the fingers except the index, and draw it 
across the forehead in the same manner; then make the sign for No; 
then move the upright index about a foot from side to side, in front of 
right shoulder, at the same time rotating the hand alittle. (Dakota IV.) 
Rub the back of the extended left hand with the palmar surfaces of 
the extended fingers of the right. (Comanche IL.) ‘People of the same 
kind; dark-skinned.” 
Rub the back of the left hand with the index of the right. (Pai- 
Ute 1; Wichita 1.) 
