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Contenipf . IniJiiilt. (Compare Di§g'ii§t.) 



Close or shut tLe right hand and hold it drawn toward the chest and 

 on a level with it, with the pahn up and the shut lingers and thumb 

 up; and the expi'ession of contempt is given by extending out the hand 

 and arm directly in from the body, at the same time oi)ening the thumb 

 and lingers wide and ajjart, so that at the termination of the motion the 

 arm is nearly extended and the thumb and fingers all radiating out as 

 if it were from the center of the hand, and the palm of the hand still 

 pointing' ui)ward. {Ojibwa III.) 



Indicate by turning from the object, move both hands and arms to 

 right or left, with palms outward, as if in the act of pushing away the 

 person or object ; stand erect or lean back a little. (Ojibwa IV.) 



My observations agree with Dr. Matthews, connection with ''bad," (see 

 p. 2G, Introduction to the Study of Sign-Language, by G. Mallery), and 

 also with Gilfllhin (Iocd citato), us expressing the highest degree of "con- 

 teinjtt ;" at the same time the contemi)t is expressed by facial emotions. 

 {DrJcota I.) " Derivative of bad." 



This is expressed by the sign for Bad, but the motion is more forci- 

 bly made. If the person at whose expense the sign is made is present, 

 the hand is moved toward him and the face is sometimes averted from 

 liim. {Mandaii and HidutNU I.) 



Italian sign. — Thrust out the forefinger and the little finger, calling the 

 gesture by a name very similar in sound to "flg." "To turn up the 

 nose at" (English phrase) is translated into the Italian gesture by doing 

 the thing it describes, and possibly owes its origin to the same gesture. 



[Butler.) 



Content. See Cilad. 



Corn. 



Same as the sign for the Ai'iknra Indian<i>, which see. Planting 

 corn is made with the right hand nearly as (U), pointing toward the ground 

 at the right side of the body, and moved along as though dropping the 

 grains of corn into a hill, and then the hand is turned so that the tiugers 

 point upward, which probably indicates that the corn has been planted. 

 I am not aware that the sign resembles any other made by the Sioux, 

 but the hand is invariably turned upward at the time indicated above. 

 (Dakota I.) " From the planting of corn." 



Same sign as for Arikara. (Kaiowa I; Comanche III; Apache II; 

 ^Vichita II.) 



Collect the fingers and thumb of the right hand to a point, pass the 

 tips upward from the height of the pubis as high as the head, then pre- 



