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First point toward the gTOUiid with the right index, and then bring 

 both hands together in front of the chin, lingers extended, jjointiug to- 

 ward the front, palms down, flat horizontal (¥%"), and cany to the right 

 and left with a cnrved motion, arms nearly extended. {Tkdota I.) "The 

 entire earth, without end." 



Eyes cast vaguely about, the right arm is Hexed to the front of the 

 body, the hand in type -position (P 1) moditied by being inverted hori- 

 zontal with palm downward. The band is not held rigidly ; it is then 

 moved forward and downward, and the palm point of the right middle 

 finger is made to touch the ground. The whole arm is then raised and 

 the hand in type- position (W) describes ii circle before the body. {Oto 

 and ^[i^l,sol(^•i I.) ''The spheiical object touched ; beneath me." 



Deaf-mute nutural sUjn. — Point at it and then move the open hand 

 horizontally, meaning how extensive the land is. [Cross.) 



As soil. 



Right index points toward the ground in front of the right side of the 

 bo(l.\ . {Daliofa I.) " Designating the ground." 



En^l. (Compare Day, iiioriiiiig'.) 



Point to the east; i. e., point of sunrise. [Arapuho I.) 



Foretinger of right hand crooked to represent half of the sun's disk 

 and pointed or extended to the left, then slightly elevated. [Cheyenne I.) 



Simply point toward the east with the extended right index. [Da- 

 Tcotal.) "Direction." 



Eat, eating'; I hare eaten. 



The fingers and thumb are brought together in opposition to each 

 other, into something of a wedge shape, and passed to and from the 

 mouth four or live times, within the distance of three or four inches of 

 it, to imitate the action of food passing to the mouth. [Long.) 



Imitate the action of conveying food with the fingers to the mouth, 

 [Burton.) 



Bringing the fist to the mouth. (Macgowan.) 



Join the tips of the fingers and thumbs, and move them back and 

 forth towards the mouth. Cheyenne sign. (Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, 

 loc. cit., p. 431.) 



Fingers and thumb of right hand placed together as if grasijing a 

 morsel, brought suddenly upward to level of mouth and moved toward 

 it and downward in the direction of the throat to suggest the act of 

 cramming. [Cheyenne I.) 



