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dock or watch. 



JIake the si<;ii for Sun to the iij::ht of tlic body height of head, and 

 then close all the fingers except tlie index which points upright, carry 

 the hand obliquely downward toward the right, describing with the 

 index a circle decreasing in size as the hand is carried downward. 

 {Dakota I.) "Telling time by the sun's movements." 



The right hand with the index hooked is made to describe the arc of 

 the horizon before the forehead. The left arm is then semi-extended, 

 lingers collected, but the index and thumb crooked to form a circle. The 

 right index in position (K) now describes a circle over the left index and 

 thumb as held above ; then a second circle to indicate hour-marks is 

 made in dots, as it were, then the arc of the horizon is divided off", as it 

 were, in points. (Oto and Missouri I.) "Something circular that marks 

 the divisions of daily time." 



Clothing. Blanket, robe. 



Pass both lists, crossing, in front of the breasts, as if wrapping one's 

 self uj). ( Wied.) Sign still in use, but nowadays for blanket as well as 

 robe. (Mutfhews.) 



Eobe, red. 



First indicate the wrapping about the shoulders, then rub the right 

 cheek to indicate the red color. ( Wied.) Here he means blanket, not 

 buli'alo-robe, which shows that in his day the same radical sign was 

 used for both. (See sign for Blanket.) Butfalo robes were never 

 painted of a uniform color, except when rubbed with white or yellow 

 earth, never certainly green or blue throughout; but red, green, and 

 blue are favorite colors for Mackinaw blankets. Tlie signs for the 

 colors are the essential points to be noticed in these descriptions. A 

 color may be indicated by rubbing any object that possesses it, or pre- 

 tending to rub such an object. {Matthews.) 



Kobe, green. 



Indicate the wrapping about the shoulders, and with the back of the 

 left hand make the gesture of stroking grass upon the earth. ( Wied.) 

 Same remarks are applicable to this as to Robe, Red, q. v. {Mat- 

 thews.) 



Put them on in pantomime. {Burton.) 



Pantomimic show of enveloping oneself in a blanket as worn by In- 

 dians. {Arapaho I.) 



Both hands closed, as though loosely clasping the edge of a blanket, 

 and brought up in front of the middle of the breast, the left hand over 

 the right, as though folding the blanket around the shoulders. {Chey- 

 enne I.) 



