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Come to tliis place, To. 



Make tlie sign for Come, and as tbe hand is brouj^ht in tront ot 

 the body throw the palm against the horizontal palm of the left hand. 

 (Kaioical; Comanclie 111; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Coming' (participle). 



Right hand and arm extt'uded, hand clinched, index finger pointing 

 outward. Then bring the baud slowly to the body, the index-finger 

 meanwhile moving backward and foith, as if it alone were motioning 

 some one to come. {Comanche I.) 



Arrival from a great distance. 



Tbe hand is placed as in Come, bnt as far to the front as possible, 

 and then drawn slowly toward the body, sometimes with a laterally 

 tortnons motion. {Mandan and Hidatsal.) 



Of a person ; to arrive ; soon to be here. 



Place the forefinger in a vertical position, with the arm extended to- 

 wards the point from which the person came, or is to come, then bring 

 it gradnally near tbe body, but not in contact with it, or, if he continued 

 on, carry it in the direction he passed. (Long.) 



Clap the bands, elevating the index-finger of the right band. ( Wied.) 



Is always used in connection with tbe object acting; for instance, ap- 

 proaching objects are pointed out. described, enumerated, and sign for 

 "come" made from the direction of tbe approaching object to the front 

 of the i)erson speaking. {Cheyenne I.) 



Of a person. 



Eight arm fully extended to the right side of the body (which must 

 be so placed that the hand in this position will point in the direction 

 in which the ])ei'son is coming), forefinger extended, straight, upright, 

 resting on tbe thumb extended along it (other fingers closed), back of 

 hand outward ; bring tiie hand to the body (breast) in this position by 

 a sei'ies of jerking movements (nearly stopjung its motion), in imitation 

 of the stepping of tbe coming i)erson. From the waJMng movements of 

 the approaching person. Come, — In the sense of he Has come; he Has 

 arrived ; he Is here. On tbe completion of the above sign, clap the 

 hands once at the left side of tbe body, indicating the person has come 

 to his journey's end. {Dahofa I.) 



Hold the right hand at arm's length, a little higher than the shoulder, 

 palm turned toward the face, and index elevated; then bring it back- 

 ward in an interrupted motion to near the breast, where tbe left palm is 

 held edgewise, pointing forward, when the ball of the right hand is 

 brought against it with a s\n\).'-'^ {Dakota VII.) 



