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Close the right hand as if grasping a small object, place it to the fore- 

 head palm down, then twist it forcibly, drawing the hand slightly to the 

 front as if twisting off any projection. Another: The clinched right 

 hand is twisted against the breastbone instead of the forehead. 

 Another: When not very angry the index is slightly bent and twisted 

 before the forehead. ( Ute I.) 



With the tluimb and fingers of the right hand collected to a point, 

 place the inner side of the hand over the iieart, back up. [Kaiowa I; 

 Comanche \l\ ; Apache II; ^VicMtal\.) 



Bring the tips of the fingers and thumb of the right hand to a 

 point, and i)lace them to the forehead just over the nasal eminence. 

 {Apache I.) 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — Make wrinkles in your face by frowning and 

 shake your head. (Cross.) 



Hide the face, next turn the head to another side, and then stretch 

 down the open hand so as to indicate that the ottender should be out of 

 sight immediately. (Hasenstab.) 



Move backward and suddenly raise the hands between the breast with 

 a disagreeable expression of the face. (Larson.) 



Move the lips as if speaking like a very angry man. (Zek/ler.) 



angry with you. 



Hand closed, right index extended and points to heart; then sign for 

 anger; then right index points to the individual intended. (Oto I.) 

 "The mind turned away." 



Antelope. 



Pass the open light hand outward from the small of the back. ( Wied.) 

 This, as explained by Indians examined by the present editor, indicates 

 the lighter coloration upon the animal's flanks. The Ute who could 

 speak Spanish accompanied it with the word bianco, as if recognizing 

 that it required explanation. 



Extend and separate the forefingers and thumbs, nearly close all the 

 other fingers, and place the hands with backs outward abo\'e and a little 

 in front of the ears, about four inches from the head, and shake them 

 back and forth. (Dah)ta IV.) "Antelope's boras." 



With the index only extended hold the hand eighteen or tweiity 

 inches transversely ia front of the head, index pointing to the left, then 

 rub the sides of the body with the flat hands. (Dalcota VI.) "The 

 latter sign refers to the white sides of the animal ; the former could not 

 be explained." 



