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back outward, at the height of the breast and about a foot in front; the 
ends of the fingers point in opposite directions. Refers to the time 
when the stone hammer was the hardest pounding in 
Indians knew. 
strument the 
Fig. 993.—Little-Sun. Red-Cloud’s Census. The moon is expressed 
both in gestural and oral 
Yad language as sun-little. 
Fig. 994. — Old - Cloud. 
Red-Cloud’s Census. Cloud 
is drawn in blue in the original; old is sig- IZ 
nified by drawing a staff in the hand of the #* 
man. The Dakotan gesture for old is de- 
scribed as follows: 
With the right hand held in front of right 
side of body, as though grasping the head 
of a walking-stick, describe the forward 
arch movement, as though a person walk- 
ing was using it for support. ‘ Decrepit Fic, 994.—( 
age dependent on a staff.” 
Fic. 993.—M oon. 
id-Cloud. 
Fig. 995.—Call-for. Red-Cloud’s Census. The ges- 
“ | ture for come or to call to one’s self is 
Cz shown in this figure. This is similar to 
that prevalent amoug Huropeans, and 
Fig. 995.—Call-for. so requires no explanation. 
Fig. 996.—The-Wise-Man was killed by enemies. 
Cloud-Shield’s Winter Count, 179798. The following 
gesture sign explains this figure: 
Touch the forehead with the right index and then 
make the sign for big directly in front of it. Concep- 
tion, “ Big brain.” 
In this as in other delineations of gesture the whole Fic. 996.—Wise- Man. 
of the sign could not be expressed, but only that part of it which might 
seem to be the most suggestive. 
Fig. 997 is taken from the winter count of Battist 
e Good and 
is drawn to represent the sign for pipe, which it is intended to 
signify. Thesign is made by placing the right hand near the 
upper portion of the breast, the left farther forward, and both 
held so that the index.and thumb approximate a circle, as 
if holding a pipe-stem. The remainingfizgers are closed. 
The point of interest in this character is that, instead 
of drawing a pipe, the artist drew a human figure making 
the sign for pipe, showing the intimate con- 
nection between gesture-signs and_ picto- 
graphs. The pipe, in this instance, was the 
symbol of peace. 
Fig. 998.—Mahpiya-wakita, Searches-the- 
Fia, 997.—Sign 
forpipe. Heavens; from the Oglala Roster. The cloud 
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Fig. 998.—Searches- 
the-Heavens. 
is drawn in 
