472 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
OsIBWA, or CHIPPEWA. 
Right hand horizontal, back outward, fingers separated, arched, tips 
pointing inward, is moved from right to left breast and generally over 
the front of the body with a trembling motion and at the same time a 
slight outward or forward movement of the hand as though drawing 
something out of the body, and then make the sign for MAN, viz: The 
right-hand is held in front of the right breast with the forefinger ex- 
tended, straight upright (J), with the back of the hand outward; move 
the hand upward and downward with finger extended. (Dakota I.) 
‘Perhaps the first Chippewa Indian seen by a Sioux had an eruption on 
his body, and from that his people were given the name of the ‘People 
with a breaking out,’ by which name the Chippewas have ever been 
known by the Sioux.” 
OSAGE, or WASAJI. : 
Pull at the eyebrows over the left eye with the thumb and forefinger 
of the left hand. This sign is also used by the Osages themselves. (Sac, 
Fox, and Kickapoo 1.) 
Hold the flat right hand, back forward, with the edge pointing back- 
ward, against the side of the head, then make repeated cuts, and the 
hand is moved backward toward the occiput. (aiowa 1; Comanche 
IIL; Apache 11; Wichitall.) ‘Former custom of shaving the hair from 
the sides of the head, leaving but an occipito-frontal ridge.” 
Pass the flat and extended right hand backward over the right side 
of the head, moving the index against the second finger in imitation 
of cutting with a pair of scissors. (Comanche Il.) ‘Represents the 
manner of removing the hair from the sides of the head, leaving a ridge 
only from the forehead to the occiput.” 
OUTAGAMI. See Fox. 
PANI (Pawnee). 
Imitate a wolf’s ears with the two forefingers of the right hand ex- 
tended together, upright, on the left side of the head. (Burton.) 
Place a hand on each side of the forehead, with two fingers pointing 
to the front to represent the narrow, sharp ears of the wolf. (Marcy in 
Prairie Traveler, p. 215.) 
Extend the index and second fingers of the right hand upward from 
the right side of the head. (Arapaho IL; Cheyenne V; Dakota VU, 
VIIL; Ponka Il; Pani l; Comanche I1.) 
Right hand, as (N), is passed from the back part of the right side of 
the head, forward seven or eight inches. (Dakota I.) “The Pani Indians 
are known as the Shaved-heads, i. e., leaving only the scalp locks on the 
head.” 
