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Eight baud with fingers bent in resenibhince to the bowl of a spoon, 

 and then in this i)osition brought over the left, as though emptying con- 

 tents of spoon into it, which is lield level of stomach horizontal, palm 

 ujjward, fingers extended, curved upward, pointing outward, right hand 

 then joining the left aiid in same position, both hands are pushed out in 

 front of body as though holding a pan in them, and at the same time 

 incline the head forward and blow on the hands. {Dakota I.) " From 

 cooling hot grease, or food cooked in it." 



CJreat. (Conipare ISig', in the sense of great.) 



The two hands open placed wide apart on each side the body and 

 moved forward. {Dunbar.) 



The sign for ItJg°, in the sense of lar<ie aroioid, used to represent the 

 quality of greatness. {Cheyenne I.) 



Ikaf-mutc natural .sign. — Separate tlie hands widely apart. {Ballard.) 



CJreat Father: Presiilent; also Secretary of Interior. 



Make the signs for White man, Chief, and Father. {Kuiowa 

 I; Comanche 111; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Green. See Color. 



Grief. 



Bring the right hand up to the left breast with fingers and thumb 

 together (U, fingers downward), forefinger against breast, make a down- 

 ward movement, the hand turning as it goes down till the palm is up- 

 ward. {Cheyenne II.) Down-hearted; lost heart. 



Place the ends of the fingers over the eyes with both hands at the 

 same time, and gently let the hands drop, imitating dropping of tears 

 by repeating the motion two or three times, the hands falling about to 

 the breast, the head bowed forward. ( Ojibwa IV.) 



The sign for Weeping, Crying is a part of the sign for grief, which 

 would hardly be com^jlete, however, without reference to the heart, and 

 the following is the sign for grief or sorrow of the heart, or, as the Sioux 

 say, " Heart is cloicn, iqjset." The palmar surface of the right hand 

 horizontal, with fingers extended, pats the left breast several times, and 

 is then turned over three or four inches in front of the left breast so as 

 to bring the palm upward, thumb outward. {Dakota I.) " Ui)set heart, 

 weeping." 



Place the palmar side of the extended fingers of the right hand to the 

 front side of the head, close the eyes, and drop the head forward upou 

 the breast. { Wyandot I.) 



