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ly, i>assing the band slightly upward at the same time. {Absaroka l.) 

 " Superior knowledge." 



Make the signs for fl^liite man, and !«iliaiiian. {Ikilota VI, 

 VII; Eidnfm I; Arikara I.) 



The left hand is extended as in (W) and the liack of it rubbed by 

 iudex of right hand extended as iu (J). Hoth hands are then brought 

 tremblingly to sides of chestas in type (Q.) The hands are then carried 

 to the sides of head and extended indices press the temples. The right 

 hand is then swept vertically edgewise up before the face and retained 

 thus several seconds; left falls to side. {Oto I.) "One distinguished, 

 who rubs together or writes that which removes inward distress." 



First make the sign for ^^liite mail, which must be quickly fol- 

 lowe<l by placing the closed right hand before the face, leaving the 

 index and second fingers extended and separated, then rotate the hand 

 in i)assing it ui)ward and forward to the heig'ht of the top of the head. 

 {Kaiowa I; Comanclulll; Apaclic II; Wichita II.) "Superior knowl- 

 edge." 



Right hand closed with the index only extended, elevate to before the 

 forehead, and move circularly, jiassing the hand slightly ujiward at the 

 same time. {Slioxhoiii and Baiiak 1.) "Su])erior knowledge." 



Indian. See JTIedioiiie ITIaii. 



Has. 



Pass tne flat hand from above downward, stopping at the height of a 

 dog's back. {Wied.) In the Oto sign the hand is opened, palm down- 

 ward, the whole then held about the height of the animal from the ground 

 in passing from side to side before the body. It is evident at a glance 

 that this sign and Wie(Vs are similar in coniieptiou and execution. The 

 .slight difference may be attributed to the contributor's misconstruction. 

 (BofeJer.) 



Is shown liy drawing the two foretingers .slightly opened horizontally 

 across the breast from right to left. {Burton.) This sign would not be 

 intelligible without knowledge of the fact that before the introduction 

 of the Iiorse, and even yet, the dog has been used to draw the tent- 

 poles in moving camp, and the sign represents the trail. Indians less 

 nomadic, who built more substantial hedges, and to whom the material 

 for poles was less precious than on the plains, would not, perhaps, 

 have comprehended this sign, and the more general one is the palm 

 lowered as if to stroke gently in a line conforming to the animal's head 

 and neck. It is abbreviated by simply lowering the hand to the usual 



