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be outwards. There is an evident similarity iu both execution and con- 

 ception of tliis sign and Wied'a ; the little variation maybe the result ol 

 dittereiit interpretation. The idea of superiority is most prominent in 

 both. "A prominent one before whom all succumb." {Bufeler.) H'rw/'s 

 air-picture reminds of the royal scepter with its sphere. 



Raise the foretinger, pointed upwards, iu a vertical direction, and then 

 reverse both finger and motion ; tlie greater the elevntiou the " bigger" 

 the chief. [Arapaho I.) 



(1) Sign for iTIail ; (2) middle, third, little finger, and thumb slightly 

 closed together, forefinger pointing forward and downward; (3) curved 

 motion made forward, outward, and downward. [Cheyenne I.) " He 

 who stands still and comiiumds," as sliown by similarity of signs to Sit 

 here or Stasid here, "the man who stands still and directs." 



The e.xtended forefinger of the right hand (J), of which the other fin. 

 gers are closed, is raised to the right side of the head and above it as 

 far as the arm can be extended, ami then the hand is brought (h)wn in 

 front of the body with the wrist bent, the back of hand in front and the 

 extentled forefinger pointing downward. (Ihdofal.) "liaised above 

 others." 



Move the upright and extended right index, palm forward, from the 

 shoulder upward as high as the tO]) of the head, turn it through a curve, 

 aud move it forward six inches, and then downward, its palm backward, 

 to the height of the shoulder. {T)al<ota lY .) " Above all others. He 

 looks over or after us." 



Ele\ ate the extended index before the shoulder, pass it iii)ward as 

 high as the head, forming a short curve to tlie front, and downward 

 again slightly to the front. (Dakota VI, VII ; Rklatm I ; Arilinra I.) 



Kight hand closed, foretinger pointing up, raise the hand from the 

 waist in front of the body till it passes above the head. [Omnha I.) 



Another sign : Bring the closed right hand, foretinger pointing up, on 

 a level with the face ; then bring the palm of the left hand with force 

 against the right forefinger ; next send up the right hand above the 

 head, leaving the left as it is. [Omaha I.) 



The right arm is extended by side of head, with the hand in i)ositiou 

 (J). The arm and hand then descend, the Hnger describing a semicircle 

 with the arm as a radius. The sign stops with arm hanging at full 

 length. [Oto I.) "The arm of authority before whom all nuist fall." 



Both hands elevated to a position in front of and high as the shoul- 

 ders, palms facing, fingers and thumbs spread and slightly curved ; the 

 hands are then drawn outward a short/listauce towards their respective 

 siiles and gently elevated as high as the top of the head. ( Wyandot I.) 

 " One who is elevated by othei's." 



