532 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 
SIGNALS IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE USED IN CONNECTION 
WITH PERSONAL ACTION. 
BUFFALO DISCOVERED. See also NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO 
SIGNALS. 
When the Ponkas or Omahas discover buffalo the watcher stands 
erect on the hill, with his face toward the camp, holding his blanket 
with an end in each hand, his arms being stretched out (right and left) 
on a line with shoulders. (Dakota VIII; Omaha 1; Ponka 1.) See 
Fig. 337. 
Same as (Omaha I), and (Ponka I); with the addition that after the 
blanket is held out at arm’s length the arms are crossed in front of the 
body. (Dakota I.) 
Camp! 
When it is intended to encamp, a blanket is elevated upon a pole so 
as to be visible to all the individuals of a moving party. (Dakota VIII.) 
Come! TO BECKON TO A PERSON. 
Hold out the lower edge of the robe or blanket, then wave itin to the 
legs. This is made when there is a desire to avoid general observation. 
(Matthews.) 
CoME BACK! 
Gather or grasp the left side of the unbuttoned coat (or blanket) with 
the right hand, and, either standing or sitting in position so that the 
signal can be seen, wave it to the left and right as often as may be nec- 
essary for the sign to be recognized. When made standing the person 
should not move his body. (Dakota I.) 
DANGER. See also NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS, 
Horseman at a distance, galloping, passing and repassing, and 
crossing each other—enemy comes. But for notice of herd of buffalo, 
they gallop back and forward abreast—do not cross each other. (H. M. 
Brackenridge’s Views of Louisiana. Pittsburgh, 1814, p. 250.) 
Riding rapidly round in a circle, “Danger! Get together as 
quickly as possible.” (Richard Irving Dodge, lieutenant-colonel United 
States Army, The Plains of the Great West. New York, 1877, p. 368.) 
Point the right index in the direction of the danger, and then 
throw the arm over the front of the body diagonally, so that the hand 
rests near the left shoulder, back eutward. If the person to be notified 
of the danger should be in the rear precede the above signal with that 
