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Boy, sill- 



The most natural sii;n.s descriptive of the sexual organs. {Conianche I. 



Girl. 



Join the two outstretched thumbs and forefingers and place them be- 

 fore the crotch. Given when conversing with a person little acquainted 

 with signs. [Dodge.) 



Sign for 8qiiaw. To indicate stature, hold the hand, palm down 

 and fingers extended and joined, at the proper height. [Arapaho I.) 



Pass the fiat extended hands, fingers joined, down the sides of the 

 head as far as the shoulders, when they are drawn forward and outward 

 a short distance, ending with the tips pointing towards one another and 

 palms down. Then hold the left hand and arm transversely before the 

 body, pointing to the right, and pass the right index downward along 

 the abdomen, i)assing it underneath the left hand, then ontward and 

 ui)ward, holding the index as high as the face. [AbsaroJca I ; Shoshoni 

 and Banal; I.) " Woman born." 



Make the sign forT^^oiiiaii and designate age approximately by the 

 distance the right hand is held from the ground, i. e. the child's height. 

 The longer hair denoting the sex an 1 the height age. (Dakota I.) 



First make the sign for \%^oiaiaii ; then move the hand, back forward, 

 down to the height of the girl referred to, turning the fingers upward 

 and slightly flexing them and gathering their ends (thumb included) 

 into a circle about two iuches in diameter. [Dakota IV.) "The women 

 wear the hair behind the ears and jtlaited." 



Kight hand carried to the navel, then with extended palm, fingers 

 together and pointing downward, move the hand downward to the 

 groins, and then outward, jialm still downward and fiugers together. 

 (Comanche I.) 



Extend the left forearm at an angle of -tSo, forward and npward from 

 the elbow, jdace the extended flat right hand with the outer edge 

 against the middle of the forearm, then draw the left towards the 

 breast, the right retaining its relative position while doing so. ( Ute I.) 



Both hands arched or curved, palms facing and about four inches 

 ajiart ; then place the right hand, fingers extended but joined, to the 

 left breast. (Apache I.) 



Offspring. 



Pass the hand, fingers extended downward and joined, palm toward 

 the body, downward, close to and in front of the body, changing the 

 direction outward between the thighs ; literally, " out of the loins," or 

 else im])lying the act of i)artnrition. (Arapaho I.) 



