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and shot his hand outward—T see you up there. Pointing to me, then 
giving the last above-described sign of look, then pointing to himself, 
he made the sign asif stretching out a piece of gum-elastic between the 
fingers of his left and right hands, and then made the sign of cut-off 
before described, and then extended the palm of the right hangl hori- 
zontaliy a foot from his waist, inside downward, then suddenly threw 
it half over and from him, as if you were to toss a chip from the back 
of the hand (this is the negative sign everywhere used among these In- 
dians)—I would see him a long time, which should never be cut off, 1. e., 
always. 
Pointing upward, then rubbing the back of his left hand lightly with 
the forefinger of his right, he again gave the negative sign.—No Indian 
there(in heaven). Pointing upward, then rubbing his forefinger over the 
back of my hand, he again made the negative sign—No white man there. 
He made the same sign again, only he felt his hair with the forefinger 
and thumb of his right hand, rolling the hair several times between 
the fingers—No black man in heaven. Then rubbing the back of his hand 
and making the negative sign, rubbing the back of my hand and mak- 
ing the negative sign, feeling of one of his hairs with the thumb and 
forefinger of his right hand, and making the negative sign, then using 
both hands as if he were reaching around a hogshead, he brought the 
forefinger of his right hand to the front in an upright position after 
their manner of counting, and said thereby—No Indian, no white man, no 
black man, all one. Making the “‘hogshead” sign, and that for look, 
he placed the forefinger of each hand side by side pointing upward— 
All look the same, or alike. Running his hands over his wild Indian cos- 
tume and over my clothes, he made the ‘“hogshead” sign, and that 
for same, and said thereby—All dress alike there. Then making the 
‘“hogshead” sign, and that for love, (hugging his hands), he extended 
both hands outward, palms turned downward, and made a sign exactly 
similar to the way ladies smooth a bed in making it; this is the sign for 
happy—All will be happy alike there. He then made the sign for talk 
and for Father, pointing to himself and to me—You pray for me. He 
then made the sign for go away, pointing to me, he threw right hand 
over his right shoulder so his index finger pointed behind him— You go 
away. Calling his name he madethe sign for look and the sign of nega- 
tion after pointing to me—MKin Ché-éss see you no more. 
Fig. 322, an illustration in the preceding address, also represents a 
common gesture for sit down, if made to the right of the hip, toward 
the locality to be occupied by the individual invited. 
The latter closely corresponds to an Australian gest- 
ure described by Smyth (Lhe Aborigines of Victoria, 
London, 1878, Vol. Il, p. 308, Fig. 260), as follows: 
“ Minnie-minnie (wait a little). It is shaken down- 
wards rapidly two orthree times. Done more slowly towards the ground, 
it means ‘Sitdown.’” This is reproduced in Fig. 325. 
Fic. 325. 
