530 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
hand forward, pointing in the direction of the dangerous place or ani- 
mal. (Omaha I.) 
DEFIANCE. 
Right-hand index and middle fingers open; motion toward the enemy 
signifies ‘I do not fear you.” Reverse the motion, bringing the hand 
toward the subject, means “ Do your worst to me.” (Omaha I.) 
DIRECTION. 
Pass around that object or place near you—she-i-he ti-dha-ga.— W hen 
a man is at a distance, I say to him “Go around that way.” Describe 
a curve by raising the hand above the head, forefinger open, move to 
right or left according to direction intended and hand that is used, 7. e., 
move to the left, use right hand; move to the right, use left hand. 
(Omaha 1; Ponka 1.) 
HAurT! 
To inquire disposition. 
Raise the right hand with the palm in front and gradually push it 
forward and back several times; if they are not hostile it will at once 
be obeyed. (Randolph B. Marcy, The Prairie Traveler. New York, 1859, 
p. 214.) 
Stand there! He is coming to you. 
Right hand extended, flat, edgewise, moved downward several times. 
(Omaha 1.) 
Stand there! He is going toward you. 
Hold the open right hand, palm to the left, with the tips of the fingers 
toward the person signaled to; thrust the hand forward in either an 
upward or downward curve. (Omaha 1; Ponka 1.) 
Lie down flat where you are—she-dhu bis-pé zha®/-ga. 
Extend the right arm in the direction of the person signaled to, having 
the palm down; move downward by degreesto about the knees. (Omaha 
1; Ponka I.) 
PEACE; FRIENDSHIP. 
Hold up palm of hand.—Observed as made by an Indian of the Kan- 
sas tribe in 1833. (John T. Irving, Indian Sketches. Philadelphia, 1835, 
vol. ii, p. 253.) 
Elevate the extended hands at arm’s length above and on either side 
of the head. Observed by Dr. W. J. Hoffman, as made in Northern 
Arizona in 1871 by the Apaches, Mojaves, Hualpais, and Seviches. 
“No arms”—corresponding with “hands up” of road-agents. Fig. 335. 
