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described tliey are first placed near to one anotlier and then moved 

 apart, as you suggest. Since my memory is assisted I remember this 

 sign well. [Matthew.) There is no observable diiterence in either exe- 

 cution or conception between the sign {Oto and Missouri I) nwd WiefTs, 

 {Boteler.) 



Make a circle with the thumb and forefinger of both hands in sign of 

 the .suu. [Burton.) 



Bring both hands simultaneously from a position in front ftf the body, 

 fingers extended and joined, palms down one above the other, forearms 

 horizontal, in a circularly separating manner, to their respective sides, 

 palms U[) and forearms horizontal; *. e., "everything is oi)en." This 

 sign is the reverse of that for IVigiit. [Arapifho l.\ 



Another sign may be indicated by making the sign for Sleep, and 

 one finger touched or held up above, being tlie equivalent of " one sleep," 

 one day. [Arapaho I.) 



Forefinger of right hand crooked and held toward the east to repre- 

 sent the sun, hand elevated, finger u]>periiu)st and passed in a semicircle 

 down toward the west. i>oth liauds slightly spread out and elevated to 

 a point in front and considerably above the liead, then brought down in 

 semicircle to level below shoulders ending with outspread palms upward. 

 [Cheyenne I.) 



When speaking of a da^', they pass the finger slowly along the entire 

 vault of heaven, commencing at the east and terminating in the west. 

 This is the sign for "one day." [OJibica I.) 



Eoth hands loosely extended, palms down, the right lying over the 

 left ; then pass them outward toward their respective sides turning the 

 palms up in so doing. [Absarolca 1; IShoshoni and Bunak 1; Wyandotl.) 



Both hands (W) are raised above the liead the extended fingers hori- 

 zontal, pointing toward each other (meeting), palms down, arms neces- 

 sarily somewhat bowed. Open up the hands so that the fingers point 

 upright and at once carry the arms out to their full extent to the sides 

 on the level of the shoulders, bringing the palms up (X). [Dalwta I.) 

 "The oi)ening of the day from above." "The dispersion of darkness." 



From positions a foot or eighteen inches in front of the lower part of 

 the chest, the open hands pointing forward, near together, palms up- 

 ward, are to be separated by carrying them out a foot or eighteen inches. 

 [Dakota IV.) "All open." 



Another: From positions a foot or eighteen inches in front of the lower 

 part of the chest, pointing obliquely forward and inward, palms down- 

 ward, the right two or three inches above the left, separate the hands 



