476 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
WaASAJI. See OSAGE. 
WICHITA. 
Indicate a circle over the upper portion of the right cheek, with the 
index or several fingers of theright hand. The statement of the Indian 
authorities for the above is that years ago the Wichita women painted 
spiral lines on the breasts, starting at the nipple and extending several 
inches from it; but after an increase in modesty or a change in the upper 
garment, by which the breast ceased to be exposed, the cheek has been 
adopted as the locality for the sign. (Oreel ; Kaiowa1l; Comanche II1; 
Apache 11; Wichita II.) 
Extend the fingers and thumb of the right hand, semi-closed, and 
bring the hand toward the face nearly touching it, repeating this sev- 
eral times as if going through the motion of tattooing. The Comanches 
call the Wichitas “ Painted Faces”; Caddos call them “ Tattoed Faces,” 
both tribes using the same sign. (Comanche I.) 
WYANDOT. 
Pass the flat right hand from the top of the forehead backward over 
the head and downward and backward as far as the length of the arm. 
(Wyandot I.) ‘From the manner of wearing the hair.” 
PROPER NAMES. 
WASHINGTON, CITY OF. 
The sign for go by closing the hand (as in type position B 1) and 
bending the arm; the hand is then brought horizontally to the epigas- 
trium, after which both the hand and arm are suddenly extended; the 
sign for house or ‘lodge; the sign for cars, consisting of the sign 
for go and wagon, @. g., both arms are flexed at a right angle before 
the chest; the hands then assume type position (L) modified by the 
index being hooked and the middle finger partly opened and hooked 
similarly; the hands are held horizontally and rotated forward side 
by side to imitate two wheels, palms upward; and the sign for council 
as follows: The right arm is raised, flexed at elbow, and the hand 
brought to the mouth (in type position G 1, modified by being inverted), 
palm up, and the index being more open. The hand then passes from 
the mouth in jerks, opening and closing successively; then the right 
hand (in position S 1), horizontal, marks off divisions on the left arm 
extended. The sign for father is briefly executed by passing the open 
hand down and from the loins, then bringing it erect before the body ; 
then the sign for cars, making with the mouth the noise of an engine. 
The hands then raised before the eyes and approximated at points, as in 
the sign for lodge; then diverge to indicate extensive; this being fol- 
lowed by the sign for council. (Oto and Missouri I.) “The home of 
our father, where we go on the puffing wagon to council.” 
