mimic the long jumps with which a deer starts off. If iiecessai-y to ex- 

 phiin this further, place one band on each side of the head to represent 

 horns. [Iroquois 1.) 



Place both hands, tlat, with tingers and thumbs spread, on eitlier 

 side of the head and a short distance from it. ( Utc I.) 



Place the hands with fingers fully extended and spread about twelve 

 inches from either side of the head and slightly above it. (Apache I.) 



Bliick-taiU'd [Cariacus macrolis (Say), Gray]. 



First make the gesture for Deer then indicate a tail. ( Wied.) 

 When he says "indicate a tail," I have little doubt that he refers to the 

 sign I have already given you for r/ccr, bJacldaUed. [Mandan and Hidat- 

 sa I.) I do not tiiink it is either essential or common to "make the ])re- 

 ceding gesture" either "first" or last. (Mattheics.) 



Extend both hands, fingers close together, place them with p;ilms to 

 front on each side of the forehead, fingers upward, and then make short 

 motions back and forth in imitation of the movements of the large ears 

 of the aninml. (IkiJcota 11.) 



With the right index, its palm inward, on the right side, at the height 

 of the hip, pass the left iiulex, batik forward, from its middle forward to 

 its end. {IhdotalV.) " That much black." 



The left hand is held pend«'iit a short distance in front of the chest, 

 .thumb inward, finger ends approximated to each other as nuich as 

 possible (i. e., with the 1st and 4th drawn together under the 2d and 

 3d). The right hand is then closed around the left (palm to back and 

 covering the bases of the left-hand fingers) and drawn downward, still 

 closed, until it is entirely drawn away. This sign seems to represent the 

 act of smoothing down the fusiform tuft at the end of the animal's tail. 

 (Mandan and Hldatsa I.) 



White-tailed [Variacus viryinianits macrurus (Kaf.) OonesJ. 



Move the riglit hand, its palm obliquely forward and downward, from 

 side to side two or three times about a foot, through an arc of a circle, 

 at the height of the hip, on the right side (the tail of the deer) ; then 

 with the palm inward and the fingers pointing forward, cast the hand 

 forward several times through an arc of about a foot to imitate the 

 Jumping of a deer. {Dalwta IV.) 



The right hand is held upright before the chest, all tingers but the 

 index being bent, the palm being turned as much to the front as possi- 

 ble. The hand is then wagged from side to side a few times rather 

 slowly. The arm is moved scarcely or not at all. This sign represents 

 the motion of the deer's tail. {Mandan and Hidatm I.) 



