54 



Combine signs for Chief and Battle. [Arapaho I.) 



First make the sign for Battle and tlien tliat for Chief. {T)a- 

 iMta I.) " First in battle.'' 



Of a band. 



Point the extended index forward and npward liefore the chest, then 

 pUxce the spread fingers of the left hand around the index, but at a short 

 distance behind it, all pointing the same direction. Ahead of the re- 

 mainder. {Ankara I.) 



Grasp the forelock with the right hand, palm backward, and pretend 

 to lay the hair down over the right side of the head by passing the hand 

 in that direction. {Pai-Utel.) 



The French deaf-mute sign for Order, Command, may be compared 

 with several of the above signs. In it the index tip first touches the 

 lower tip, then is raised above the head i'lid brought down with violence. 

 {UenseUjiimcHt primuire den sonrdnmiiets ; p<(r M. Peli.ssier. Purls, 18.j(i.) 



Chiltl; Bahy; Infant; Otr^prin^i. 



Bring the fingers and tliuiiih of the riglit band and jdace them against 

 the lips, then draw them away and biitig the right hand against the 

 forearm of the left as if holding an infant. Should the child be male, 

 prefix the sign of a nmn l)efore this sign, and if a female, do so by the 

 sign of the woman. {Dunbar.) 



If an Indian wishes to tell you that an individual jiresent is his ofit- 

 spring, he points to the person, and then with the finger still extended, 

 passes it forward from his loins in a line curving downward, then 

 slightly u])ward. {Lomj.) 



Push the index-finger rapidly into the air then draw the hand back 

 downward. ( Wied.) The right arm is brought up and flexed toward 

 the body. The open hand then describes a semicircle downward and 

 outward similar to the curve of Cams, and stops with the hand erect. 

 The palm is first toward the body, but at the completion of the sign, 

 outward. Ther'e is no similarity between this sign and Wied^s save in 

 the method of indicating its age or size. The upturned palm as indi- 

 cating species will not obtain among the Otos. {Bnteler.) "That has 

 been born or come forth." The distance from the ground when the mo- 

 tion ceases indicates the height of the child referred to. Indians often 

 distinguish the height of human beings by the hand placed at the proper 

 elevation, back downward, and that of inanimate objects or animals not 

 human, by the hand held back npward. 



A son or daughter is expressed by making with the hand a movement 

 denoting issue from the loins ; if the child be small, a bit of the index 

 held l)etween the antagonized thumb and medius is shown. {Burton.) 



