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]\Iiike the sign for Color, and then touch any red object with the 

 riylit index. (Dal;ota I.) 



Hold the left hand as for iSpof ted, and rub its ujiper edge with the 

 ends of the fingers of the light hand. [Dakota IV.) 



Rub the cheek with'the fingers. (Dakota \l.) 



Rub the right cheek with the palmar surface of the extended fingers 

 of the right hand. [Kaiowa I; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 

 " From the custom of coloring the cheeks red." 



Rub the cheek with the palmar surface of the extended and joined 

 fingers of the right hand. Sometimes both hands are used in commu- 

 nication with Americans. ( Vte I.) 



Vermillion, cinnabar. 



Rub the right cheek with the fingers of the right hand. [Wied.) 

 Still in use. [Matthews.) 



White. 



With the underside of the fingers of the right liand rub gently upon 

 that part of the left hand which corresponds with the knitting of the 

 bones of the forefinger and thumb. [Dunbar.) 



First make the sign for Color, and then touch anything white with 

 the right index. [Dakota I.) 



Extend the left hand, palm up, flat, with fingers spread before the 

 brdy, and draw the index of the right from the tip of the middle finger 

 of the left back across the palm to the wrist. Light color compared 

 with the darkness of the skin generally. [Ute I.) 



Deaf-mute natvral sign. — Point the finger to the human skin. [Lar- 

 son.) 



Yellow. 



Sign for Color, and then touch something yellow. [Dakota I.) 

 "Designating color." 



Comb. 



C'urve the s])read fingers of the right hand into a half circle, then 

 l)ass them over the hair of the right side from above downward, as if 

 combing one's self. The hand is then brought forward again, still in 

 the same condition, to indicate the object. [Dalota V.) 



Coiiibal. See Battle. 



Come, To; to arrive. 



The forefinger moved from right to left with an interrupted motion as 

 if imitating the alternate movement of stepping. [Dunbar.) 



