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Extend the riglit baud as if reachiiif;' to shake bands. {Hidatsa I; 

 Arikara I.) 



Tlie U'ft and rigbt bands are brougbt to the center of chest open, then 

 extended, and the k^ft hand, with palm up, is grasped crosswise by right 

 hand with i>abu down, and held thus several seconds. The bands are 

 thi^n in double position (Y 1), right inverted. Hands are now un- 

 clasped, and right list is held in left axill^, by which it is firmly grasped. 

 {Oto I.) " One whom I will not let go." 



Bring both bands together in a full clasp of all the lingers, after the 

 ordinary manner of handshaking. {Comanche I.) 



Extraordinary. 



Bring the two bauds near each other in front, and clasp the two index- 

 fingers tightly, so that the tips of the finger and thumb of each touch. 

 {Comanche I.) 



Clasp the two bands after the manner of our congratulations. {Wich- 

 ita I.) 



Friendly; friendship. 



Kaise both hands, grasped, as if in the act of shaking hands, or lock 

 the two forefingers together while the hands are raised. This sign given 

 by parties meeting one another to ascertain intentions. For more gen- 

 eral idea of friendship clasp the left with the rigbt. {Burton.) 



Hands clasped in front of body, palm of left up, palm of right resting 

 in that of left, hands shaken up or down one or more times. {Chey- 



vniie I.) 



Pantomimic grasping or shaking of the hand, or a pantomimic em- 

 brace. {Arapaho I.) 



The left band held horizontal, palm inward, fingers and thumb ex- 

 tended and pointing toward the rigbt about a foot and a half from and 

 in front of breast, is clasped by the right, carried up in front of body 

 and out from breast, thumb and fingers pointing downward and drawn 

 directly into the body. {Dalcota I.) " Grasping the hand of a ft-iend." 



Our deaf-mutes interlock the forefingers for " friendship." clasp the 

 hands, right uppermost, for "imarriage," and make the last sign, re- 

 peated with the left band uppermost, for "peace." The idea of union 

 or liidiing is obvious. 



Frost. (Compare Freezing and 8non'.) 



Begin with the sign of "Water, then with the sign of IVig'lit or 

 Darkness, then the sign of Cold, then the sign of White, and, 

 lastly, the Earth. {Dunbar.) 



