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height of the wolfish aboriginal breed, and suggests the animal par 

 e.cce//e«ce domesticated by the Indians and made a companion. 



Itight hand lowered, pabn downward, as if to stroke a dog's head and 

 back, and moved along from before backward horizontally, conforming 

 to the head, neck, and back of a dog, elevated or depressed to express 

 difference of size. (Cheyenne I.) 



Extend and spread the right, fore, and middle fingers, and move the 

 hand about IS inches from left to right across the front of the body at 

 the height of the navel, palm downward, lingers pointing toward the 

 left and a little downward, little and ring fingers to be loosely closed, the 

 thumb against the ring-finger. [Dakota \Y.) "Represents the lodge- 

 poles and 'travois' which were formerlj' dragged by the dogs." 



Fore and second fingers of right hand (others closed) extended, sep- 

 arated V-shaped, carried with a downward winding motion from about 

 the left shoukkr in front of the body to the right, the hand stopping- 

 right side of the body well to the front at about the height of a good- 

 sized dog. {Dakota I.) " From the use of the dog in carrying the lodge- 

 poles." 



(Jross the thumb over the middle finger, three fingers being closed, 

 back of hand down. The forefinger curved represents tlie tail. [Omaha 

 I.) "The tail moving u]) and down as he walks." 



Another: Hold right hand in front of you, thumb over first joint of mid- 

 dle finger (not crossing it), forefinger straight and pointing up; shake it 

 right and left, moving it about inches. [Omaha I.) "The tail, ele- 

 vated, shakes iu the air, as when he scents any game." 



Imitate the quick, running movement of a dog, by moving the hand 

 from the breast forward, palm downward, and at the same time partly 

 closing and opening all the fingers together quite rapidly. [Iroquois I.) 



Close the right hand, leaving the index and second fingers only ex- 

 tended and joined, hold it forward from and lower than the hip, and 

 draw it backward, the course following the outline of a dog's form from 

 head to tail. [Kuiowa I ; Comanche III ; Apache II ; Wichita II.) 



The French and American deaf-mutes specifically express the dog by 

 snapping the fingers and then patting the thigh, or by patting the knee 



and imitating barking with the lips. 



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Or wolf. 



Bring both arms together at wrists and hands together in position 

 ( W). Sometimes the sign is made further plain by the Indian making 

 an accouqjanyiug bow-wow with mouth. [Oto 1.) " Height of animal 

 and size." 

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