MALLERY.] TSO-DI-A’-KO’S REPORT. 525 
times—load upon, Fig. 328; (11) partly close the right hand as if grasp- 
ing a thick rod, palm toward the ground, and push it straight forward 
nearly to arm’s length—take ; (12) hold both hands with fingers natur- 
ally extended and slightly separated nearly at arm’s length before the 
body, palms down, the right lying upon the left, then pass the upper 
‘~% ne! ee 
Fic. 327. 
Fic, 328. 
forward and downward from the left quickly, so that the wrist of the 
right is raised and the fingers point earthward—throw off ; (13) cut the 
left palm repeatedly with the outer edge of the extended right hand— 
build ; (14) hold both hands edgewise before the body, palms facing, 
spread the fingers and place those of one hand into the spaces between 
those of the left, so that the tips of one protrude beyond the backs of 
the fingers of the other—log house, see Fig. 253, p. 428; (15) then place 
the flat right hand, palm down and fingers pointing to the left, against 
the breast and move it forward, and slightly upward and to the right— 
good. 
ANALYSIS OF THE FOREGOING. 
[There is] much | timber | [in] my | country | [of which I] cut down 
On Ae) @) = (6) 
[some], | trimmed, | split, | loaded it upon | a wagon [and] | took it 
@. 2-6) (10) (9) (11) 
away, | [where I] threw [it] off | [and] built | [a] good | house | . 
(12) (13) (15) - (14) 
Novres.—As will be seen, the word timber is composed of signs No. 1 
and 2, signifying trees standing. Sign No. 3, for many, in this instance, 
as in similar other examples, becomes much. The word “in,” in connec- 
tion with country and my, is expressed by the gesture of pointing (pass- 
ing the hand less quickly than in ordinary sign language) before making 
sign No.5. That sign commonly given for possession, would, without 
the prefix of indication, imply my country, and with that prefix signifies 
inmy country. Sign No. 7, trimmed, is indicated by chopping off the ends, 
and facial expression denoting satisfaction. In sign Nos. 11 and 12 the 
gestures were continuous, but at the termination of the latter the nar- 
rator straightened himself somewhat, denoting that he had overcome the 
greater part of the labor. Sign No. 14 denotes log-house, from the man- 
ner of interlacing the finger-ends, thus representing the corner of a log- 
house, and the arrangement of the ends of the same. Indian lodge 
would be indicated by another sign, although the latter is often used as 
an abbreviation for the former, when the subject of conversation is 
known to all present. 
