112 



Place the hand in front of the head, back outward, then turn it round 

 iu a circle several times. ( Wied.) Still used. Also for Crazy, 1 

 think. (Matthews.) 



Sign for ITInil ; ris'ht hand extended downward, palm outward, lin- 

 gers unclosed and shaken. When referring to a particular person the 

 finger of the right hand is pointed at liim, eyes resting on him criticallyj 

 brows raised and contracted as in pity and aversion. {Cheyenne I.) 

 The shaking of the opened fingers gives the idea of "looseness" with- 

 out reference to the head. 



Bring the right hand to the medial line of the forehead (R), fingers 

 but slightly separated, where it is rotated several times two or three 

 inches in front. {Dal;otu I.) " Ivattle-brained." 



Move the opened right hand through a small circle two or three times' 

 in front of the forehead, the palm toward the let, fingers separated a 

 little and poiiiiing upward. (Dalota IV.) '' Uead turned." 



Ivotate the extended and separated index and second fingers of the 

 hand upward and toward the left before the forehead. [J)ul;<>taYl\ 

 Hidatsn I; Arikara I.) 



French deaf-mutes shake the hands above the head after touching it 

 with the index. 



He is the greatest fool of all. 



Sway the hand (W 1), palm downward "over all," then point to the 

 person (fig. 1), then place end of fingers on forehead (HI), and then 

 swing hand around in circle in front of forehead, hand and fingers up- 

 right, joined, and palm oblique to face (T 1, palm oblique), and lastly 

 make the sign Bad. {tSdhaptin I.) " Of all, his brain whirls worst." 



Yonr words are foolish. 



After pointing to i)erson addressed and making sign for words (as 

 in O), the hand is moved to a point in front, but little to right, of 

 forehead, fingers all naturally relaxed, pointing upward, palm quarter- 

 ing to face (Y 1, changed to vertical position), then swung around in 

 small circle several times, then dropped to a point in front of body and 

 thrown vigoronsl.v downward to side and rear. At beginning of this 

 last motion the fingers are hooked, second resting against thumb, palm 

 downward (CJ 1), but during backward movement the fingers are grad- 

 ually thrown oi)en, palm outward (R 1, fingers pointing obliquely down- 

 ward). Sign Rail (C). [Sahaptin I.) " Words from whirling brain — 

 bad." 



Forest. 



Slightly spread and raise the ten fingers, bringing the hands together 

 in front of the face; then separate them. (Wied.) The numerous trees 

 and their branches may be indicated, for a time obscuring the vision. 



