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Keferences to aiiotlier title-word as explaining a part of a description or to supply any 

 other portions of a compound sign will always be understood as being made to the 

 description by the sauie authority of the sign nnder the other title-word. Example: 

 In the sign for Adraiice and Retreat {Mandan and Hidatsa I) the reference to 

 Battle is to that sign for Battle wliich is contributed by Dr. ]\IATTHE^vs, and is 

 referred to under that title as {Maiidou and Hidat.sa 1). 



ALGONKIAN. 



Arapaho I. A contribution from Lieut. H. E. Lesily, Third United States Artillery, 

 compiled from notes and obseryations taken by him in 1877 among the Northern Ara- 

 pahos. 



Cheyenne I. A list prei)are(l iu .July, 1879, by Mr. Frank H. Gushing, of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, from continued interyiews with TitchkemItski (Cross Eyes), 

 an intelligent Cheyenne, then em])loyed at that Institution. It is expected that Mr. 

 Cashing will make other contributions, es])ecially from the Zufii and other Pueblos, 

 among whom he has been collecting material during the jjast year. 



Cheyenne II. A special contribution witli diagrams from Mr. Ben Clark, scout and 

 interpreter, of signs collected from the Cheyennes during his long residence among that 

 tribe. 



Ojibiva 1. The small collection of J. G. KoiiL, made about the middle of the pres- 

 ent century, among the Ojibwas around Lake Superior. Published in his "Kitchigami. 

 Wanderings ai'ound Lake Supeiior," London, 18(i0. 



Ojlhica II. Notes from Very Eey. ED^yAKl) Jacker, Pointe St. Ignace, Mich., 

 respecting the Ojibwa. • 



Ojibica III. A commnnication from Eey. James A. Gilfillan, "White Eartli, Minn., 

 relating to signs obseryed among the Ojibwas during his long period of missionary duty, 

 still coutiuning. 



Ojibica IV. A list from Mr. B. O. Williams, Sr., of Owosso, Mich., from recollec- 

 tion of signs obseryed among the Ojibwas of Michigan sixty years ago. 



iSac, For, and Kiclapoo I. A list from Eey. H. F. Buckner, D. D., of Eufaula, lud. 

 T., consisting chiefly of tribal signs observed by him among the Sac and Fox, Kicka- 

 poos, &c., during the early part of the year 1880. 



Absarola I. A list of signs obtained from Deekitshis (Pretty Eagle), Etshidi- 

 kahotshki (Long Elk), and Peritshikadia (Old Crow), members of a delegation of 

 Absaroka or Crow Indians from Montana Territory, who yisited Washington, D. C, 

 during the mouths of April and May, 1880. 



Ikdota I. A comprehensive list, arranged with great care and skill, from Dr. 

 Charles E. McChesney, acting assistant surgeon, United States Army, of signs 

 collected among the Dakotas (Sioux) near Fort Bennett, Dakota, during the last 

 winter and spring. Dr. McChesney requests that recognition should be made of the 

 valuable assistance rendered to him by Mr. William Fielden, the interpreter at 

 Cheyenne Agency, Dakota Territory. 



Dakota II. A short list from Dr. Blair D. Taylor, assistant surgeon. United 



