490 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
hand—you; and in a continuous movement pass the hand to the right, 
i. e., toward the south, nearly to arm’s length—go; then throw the fist 
edgewise toward the ground at that distance—your country ; then touch 
the breast with the tips of the fingers of the left hand—/; move the 
hand off slowly toward the left, 7. e., toward the north to arm’s length— 
go to*; and throw the clinched hand toward the ground—my country ; 
then hold both hands toward the left as high as the head, palms down, 
with fingers and thumbs pendent and separated; move them toward the 
ground two or three times—rain, Fig. 315; then place the flat hands 
j horizontally to the left of the body about 
two feet from the ground—deep ; (liter- 
ally, deep rain) snow—and raise them 
until about three feet from the ground— 
very deep—much; place the hands be- 
forethe body about twelve inches apart, 
palms down, with forefingers only ex- 
tended and pointing toward one an- 
other; push them toward and from 
oue another several times—see each 
B other, Fig. 314; then hold the flat right 
hand in front of the breast, pointing 
forward, palm to the left, and throw it 
over on its back toward the right—not, 
no more. 
Fria. 314. 
EXPLANATORY NoTE.—Where the asterisks appear in the above dia- 
logue the preposition ¢o is included in the gesture. After touching the 
breast for J, the slow movement forward signifies going to, and country 
is signified by locating it at arm’s length toward the west, to the left of the 
gesturer, as the stopping-place, also possession by the clinched fist being 
directed toward the ground. It isthe same as for my or mine, though 
made before the body in the latter signs. The direction of Tendoy’s 
hands, first to the south and afterwards to the north, was understood 
not as pointing to the exact locality of the two parts of the country, 
but to the difference in their respective climates. 
OMAHA COLLOQUY. 
The following is contributed by Rev. J. OWEN DORSEY: 
Question. FROM WHAT QUARTER IS THE WIND? 
Raise the curved right hand, palm in, in front of the left shoulder. 
Draw in toward the body a little, then from the body several times in 
different directions. 
Answer. FROM THAT QUARTER. 
Hand as above; draw in towards the body once, and farther with 
emphasis, according to the direction of the wind. 
