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Elevate the closed liuiid — index only extended and pointiiis upward — 

 to tlie front of the riglit side of the face or neck or shoulder, pass it 

 quickly upward, and when as high as the top of tlie head, direct it for- 

 waid aiul downward again toward the ground. {Kaioira I ; Comanche 

 III; Apacli e 1 1 ; W ich ita II.) 



Close the riglit hand, index raised, extended, and placed before the 

 breast, then move it forward from the mouth, pointing forward, until at 

 arm's length. ( Ute I.) 



Head chief of tribe. 



Place both flat hands before the body, palms down, and pass them 

 horizontally outward toward their respective sides, then make the siga 

 for Chief. {Arikarn I.) "Chief of the wide region and those upon it." 



After pointing out the man, jjoint to the ground all lingers 

 closed except first (J 1, pointing downward instead of upward), then 

 point upward with same hand (J 2), then move hand to a point in front 

 of body (Fig. 2), fingers extended i)alm downward (W 1) and move 

 around in circle — over all. {Sahapthi I.) "In this place he is head 

 over all." 



Grasp the forelock with the right hand, palm backward, pass the hand 

 upward about six inches and hold it in that position a moment. {Pat- 

 Ute I.) 



Elevate the extended index vertically above and in front of the head, 

 holding the left hand, forefinger pointing upward, from oue to two feet 

 below and underneath the right, the i)osition of the left, either elevated 

 or depressed, also denoting the relative position of the second individual 

 to that of the chief. {Apache I.) 



^Var. Head of a war party ; Partisan. 



First make the sign of the Pipe ; then open the thumb and index- 

 finger of the right hand, back of the hand outward, moving it forward 

 and up wai'd in a curve. ( Wiel.) By the title of " Partisan" the author 

 meant, as indeed was the common expression of the Canadian voy- 

 ageurs, a leader of an occasional or volunteer war party. The sign is 

 explained by his account in a diftereut connection, that to become recog- 

 nized as a leader of such a war party, the first act among the tribes 

 using the sign was the conseci'ation, by fasting succeeded by feasting, 

 of a medicine pipe without ornament, which the leader of the expedition 

 afterward bore l)efore him as his badge of authority, an<l it therefore 

 naturally became an emblematic sign. There may be interest in noting 

 that the "Calandar of the Dakota Nation" (Bulletin U. S. G. and G. 

 Survey, vol. iii., Xo. 1), gives a figure (Xo. 43, A. I). 1S42), showing 

 "One Feather," a Sioux chief, who raised in that year a large war party 

 against the Crows, which fact is sim[)ly denoted by his holding out, 

 demonstratively, an unornamented itii)e. 



