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Same motion as Above witli hand starting from above levt'l ol 

 ell)0w, linger i)()inting down, rest gently closed. {Ojihira IV.) 



Same as Above, only draw the right hand a considerable distance 

 below the left. (Jhtkota I.) 



Sign can also be made with one hand by the reverse of the movements 

 in Above. [Dalota I.) " Kefer to the person below or under by mov- 

 ing that tinger and hand which represents the under person, auinial, 

 or thing. Inferior heif/ht, variant of sui)erior." 



Both hands are extended open as in type W. The hands are then 

 approximated edgewise and the left is superimposed, and swept palm over 

 back of right. Both hands now diverge and arms are extended from 

 the right and left sides — palms down. The right hand is now brought 

 forward as in type (I 1) — modified by index being more extended, and 

 describes a quadrant's arc towards the ground. {Oto I.) "The vast 

 depths into which all suddenly fall." 



Place the Hat left hand in front of the body, palm down, fingers di- 

 rected toward the right ; place the flat right hand, palm down, below the 

 left, the greater the distance the hands are moved apart the greater 

 the depths to which allusion is made. ( Ute I.) 



Belt. 



Motion of putting a belt around the body with thumb and forefinger 

 of both hands on their respective sides of body — thuml) and forefinger 

 U-slmped, pointing inward and carried around the sides of body to the 

 front, other fingers of both hands closed. {Dakota I.) "From the 

 placing of the belt." 



Bexiide, equal. See .Same. 



Bift;. In the sense of Broad or Flat. 



Bring both hands in front of breast, palms down, then extend them 

 forward to length of arms and sweep around outwards, on a level. For 

 small extent, the hands indicate a less extended arc or circle. (Ojibwa 

 IV.) 



The right hand is held horizontal, extended and flat, pointing forward. 

 A slight arched curve from right to left is made at whatever height the 

 speaker wishes to indicate. {Apache I.) 



Dcafmuti' natural si</n. — Place the hands near each other and move 

 them apart. {BaUard.) 



In the sense of Hi$;ii as a hill. 



An ascending motion of the extended hand, fingers Joined, palm 

 down, outlining and indicating relative height. {Arapdho I.) 



