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Baby, IntHiit. 



Place the tbretiii.ner in the mouth, i. e., a iiursiiiy child. {Arapolio I.) 



(1) Sign h)r woman nuule from shonlder (k)\vu\vaid ; (2) hnvered in 

 accordance with size and heiglit of cliikl. If a baby, both hamls open 

 and i)alni.s sliglitly curled up brought up to front of breast, slight up- 

 ward and sidewise rocking nu>tiou imitated. {Cheyenne I.) 



Lay the back of the right hand in the palm of the left crosswise on 

 the left side of the breast, and make the up and down movements as 

 though holding and dandling an infant. (Dakota I.) "dexof the child 

 can be. designated by its appropriate sign." 



Move the opened right haiul, palm backward, Angers pointing down- 

 ward, from the lower part of the chest downward until it is in front 

 of the lower part of the abdomen, here turn the palm downward and 

 move the hand forward about eighteen inches; then raise the left 

 elbow and tix it about six inches forward from the side, the wrist in 

 front of it and three or four inches higher, holding the hand slightly 

 flexed, its palm backward and tingers pointing upward, and lay the 

 back of the opened i-ight hand on the left forearm near the elbow-joint. 

 (Dakota IV.) "Giving birth to, and holding in the arm." 



The right arm is flexed and hand brought against abdomen about the 

 und)ilicus. The hand is in position (S 1); modified by being inverted. 

 The hand with palm towards the body then roughly describes " the 

 curve of (Jams " or course of the fcetus in delivery. The sign is com- 

 pleted at end of curve by the hand being held erect, palm outward, 

 back towards the body. (Oto I.) "That which hath come forth." 



Right and left hands carried to the left breast as if holding a very 

 small infant there. (Comanche I.) 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — By sucking the finger and placing the hands 

 a small distance apart to denote the size of the child. (Ballard.) 



Dandle an imaginary baby in the arms. (Larson.) 



To move the arms as if to dandle a baby in the arms. {Ze'Kjler.) 



Boy. 



Hold up tlie index-tiuger. (Dodtji:) "This is used when indicating 

 my hoy, as when given alone it would also signify Hirt/;." 



Right hand tightly closed ; then place it before the body, extend the 

 index pointing upward. (Absaroka 1 ; Shoshoni and Banak I.) 



Place the hand in first position for .Tlnii, then open all of the tingers 

 and move the hand to the right about a foot to the height of the boy 

 referred to, the hand to be horizontal, pointing forward, and its back 

 upward. (Dakota IV.) "Male one." 



