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toward the mouth and then downward to the npper part of the sternum 

 (breastbone). {Dakota IV.) "Putting food into the mouth and swal- 

 lowing it." 



The right hand held up with the fingers and thumb extended and ap- 

 proaching each other as if holding an egg within. (Dunbar.) 



With the finger and thumb of the right hand suggest the outline of 

 an egg. The fingers and thumb of the left hand are also sometimes 

 shaped in the same manner, and placed over the points of the right as 

 they assume the position described. {Cheyenne I.) 



DIk {Cervus canailensis). 



Stretch the arms high and alongside of the head. ( Wied.) This 

 sign is still in use. {Matthews.) In the Oto sign both arms are elevated 

 and the hands opened, but fingers approximated, are then placed aside 

 the head. The hands are in type position (T), palms outward; the 

 ball of the thumb rests against parietal ridge. Though there is an 

 evident incompleteness in WiecTs description, a marked identity in 

 position of tlie arms and the probable conception is observable. ' The 

 sign is completed by the right index marking on the extended left index 

 the animals short tail. (Bofeler.) 



Is signified by siniiiltaneously raising both hands with the fingers ex- 

 tended on both sides of the head to imitate palmated horns. {Burton.) 



All or most of the fingers of both hands held together and brought to 

 the sides of the head to represent the jjalmated horns of an elk. 

 {Cheyenne I.) 



The same as Deer, except that after the first position both hands 

 with fingers spread are carried upwai-ds and outwards to imitate the 

 branching horns of the animal. {Dakota II.) 



Extend and widely separate the fingers and thumbs of both hands, 

 place them ui)right, palms inward, just above and in front of the ears, 

 and shake them back and forth three or four times. {Dakota TV.) 

 " The elk's antlers. 



The arms are elevated and the hands placed aside of the head with 

 the fingers extended but approximated as in position (W 1) — more erect. 

 The extended right index-finger marks off on the extended left index 

 the length of the tail. {Oto and Missouri I.) "The short tail and 

 broad horns of the animal." 



Place both flat hands with fingers and thumbs spread upward and 

 outward from either side of the head at arm's length. ( Ute I.) 



