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 Coward, cowardice. Sec Fear. 



Crane. 



Open both liaiids, move tliem from tlie sides of the chest outward and 

 backward (as if swimming, but near the body) ; then close the right 

 hand, leaving the forefinger extended and slightly curved ; pass it from 

 before the chin, upward, forward, and slightly downward, forming an 

 arc to indicate the long neck of the bird. {Dakofa V.) 



Craxy or deiiieiifed. 



Kaise right hand, with fingers partly distended, above the head, the 

 hand drooping, and make quick circles close arouiul top of the head from 

 right to left, and a shake of the head. {Ojibwa IV.) 



Move the opened right hand through a circle above and around the 

 head. (DalotdlV.) " Head turned." 



Cro!!<!>>v^iilky' 



Place clinched right hand (C with thumb close to forehead), turn the 

 hand till palm faces ontwanl, then move it to the front .slightly. [Chey- 

 enne II.) 



Same as the sign for Aiig'er, not made howes'er with as much force 

 and omitting any decided facial exju-ession. [Dalota I.) "Derivative 

 of anger." 



Crow. 



Fingers and thumb of right hand brought to a point and motion of 

 pecking slightly made. {Cheyenne I.) 



Cuttinjg^ aiiyf liiii^ in i>iece!!i. 



Draw the right liand, palm backward, fingers pointed obliquely up- 

 ward toward the left, four or five times across the advanced left hand^ 

 forearm, and arm, each time at a different place. {Dal-ota IV.) 



With an ax. 



With the right hand flattened (X changed to right instead of left), 

 palm njjward, move it downward toward the left side rei)eatedly from 

 different elevations, ending each stroke at the same jtoint. (Dal-ota I, V.) 

 "From the act of felling a tree." 



Kepeat the sign for A\ several times, making the cuts from differ- 

 ent points, but terminatiug about the same place each time. [Dakota 

 VI; Hidatmll; Ankara I.) 



With a knife. 



Left hand (M 1) extended in front left side of body on level breast, 

 and the right hand [S) brought crosswise over the extended fingers .just 



