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8liake the bead slowly from side to side, at the same time throwing 

 tlie open right hand, palm down, outward toward the right side. ( Wy- 

 atxiot I.) 



Avert the head and make the sign of Aeg'ntioil. {Apache III.) 

 N. B. In narrative, simply diHappropal. 



l>i!«!«n1i<«fhi*tioii, or Dii^content. 



The extended linger plaeed transversely before the situation of the 

 heart, rotate tlie wrist two or three times geutly, forming a quarter of a 

 circle each time. [Long.) 



The index riglit hand hehl transversely before the heart and rotated 

 from the wrist several times. [Balota 1) "Heart ill at ease; disturb- 

 ance of the organ." Our aborigines, like modern Europeans, poetically 

 regard the heart as the seat of the affections and emotions, uot select- 

 ing the liver or stomach as other jieoples have done with greater physio- 

 logical reason. 



Di!<if:ince, L01B&; ; Fiir. 



PUiee the hands close together and then move them slowly asunder, 

 so slowly that they seem as if they would never complete the gesture. 

 A Cheyenne sign. This sign is also made to indicate great anti(]uity iu 

 time. (Heport of Lieut. J. IV. Ahert of his examination of Xew Mexico 

 in the years IS4t)-'47. Ex. Doc. No. 41, IJOth Congress, 1st session, p. 

 426.) 



(1) Head drawn back or elevated, eyebrows contracted as if looking 

 to great distance, right hand raised to level of chin, palm upward : (2) 

 pushe«l forward with a curved motion in the direction iu which the 

 speaker is looking. ( Cheyenne I.) 



A slowly ascending movement of tlie extended hand, lingers Joined, 

 from the body and in the direction desired to be indicated. [Arapaho I.) 



Eaise the right hand to a natural position, thumb below the two first 

 fingers, then the arm with rising uu)tion as high as top of head, stretch- 

 ing it out as far as possible; then bend the hand downward, the arm 

 falling slowly, advance the body slightly without moving feet. {Ojib- 

 ica IV.) 



Right hand, forefinger of wiiicli is extended and points forward (other 

 fingers closed) (IU), palm toward the left, is extended in fi-ont of the 

 breast as far as the arm will reach, the body being inclined forward at 

 the same time, the extended position maintained a moment and then tlie 

 body and hand are brought back with a moderately quick movement. 

 To a limited and very indefinite extent distance is sought to be expressed 

 by the distance the arm is extended and the amount of leaning forward. 

 ( Dakota I.) " Distance." 



