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(I) Fingers and tlinnib of right hand, which droops downward, closed 

 to a point to represent a heart; (2) violently and repeatedly beaten 

 against the left breast just over the heart to imitate palpitation. (Chey- 

 enne I.) 



May be signifled by making the sign for a Squaw, if the one in fear 

 be a man or boy. (Arapaho I.) 



Crook tiie index, close the other fingers, anrl, with its back upward, 

 draw the right hand backward about a foot, from eighteen inches in 

 front of the right breast. (Dcd'ota IV.) "Drawing back." 



Make the sign for Drave, then throw the right hand, open and flat, 

 outward toward the right. (Absarokal; Slwshoni and Banak 1.) "Ifot 

 brave." 



Kight hand (Q) in front of left breast, back outward, and carried for- 

 ward for about six inches with a tremulous motion of the fingers. 

 Many of the Sioux, however, do not move the hand from the breast. 

 {Dalota I.) "Excitement; fluttering of the heart." 



Cross the arms over the breast, fists closed ; bow the head over the 

 crossed arms, but turn it a little to the left. {Omaha I.) 



Strike the right side of the breast gently with the palmar side of the 

 right fist; then throw the hand downward and outward toward the 

 right, suddenly snapping the fingers from the ball of the thumb, where 

 they had been resting, as if sprinkling water. ( Wyandot I.) 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — Represented by shuddering with the shoul- 

 ders and moving the body slightly backward. (Ballard.) 



Run backward. (Larson.) 



Place the forefinger between the upper and lower teeth. (Zeigler.) 



The French deaf-mutes, besides beating the heart, add a nervous 

 backward shrinking with both hands. Our deaf-mutes omit the beating 

 of the heart, except for excessive terror. 



Female. (Compare \%^oiiiaii.) 



Bring the two hands open toward the breast, the fingers approaching, 

 and then move them outward. (Dunbar.) 



Elevate the open right hand, pointing forward, to the level of and to 

 the right of the shoulder; draw the fingers back, keeping them together 

 until the tip of the forefinger rests against the tip of the thumb, form- 

 ing an almond-shaped opening between the thumb and forefinger. 

 [Cheyenne I.) "Probably from its resemblance to the appearance of the 

 external female genitals." 



