V2'J 



lirVieved ; Wounded feelings. 



With the index only extended and heUl horizontally in tront of the 

 breast, i)oiiiting- toward the left, pretend to puncture the heart at re 

 peated inoveuients. (^Kaioica 1; Comanche III ; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Cii'OiiiKi. See Earth. 



CJrow or Vegetate, To. 



Turn hand and forefinger up from the ground, indicating the growing 

 or coming from the ground or out of the earth, close the balance of 

 fingers over the upturned palm of the right hand, raise hand by a quick 

 motion a few inches from the earth. {Ojibwa IV.) 



Commence with the sigu for I<ife, living', &c., but stop the upward 

 motion of the hand at the proper time and turn it over, and hold as seen 

 in (W). {Dakota I.) " Designating the amount of growth by height 

 from the ground." 



The hand is collected somewhat cup-shaped, as in type position (O), 

 the fingers more closed and hand horizontal, and made to approach the 

 mouth, as in the act of eating. The extended right and left indices are 

 then ci-ossed and brought near the ground. Froui this ])osition the 

 hands in situ are uniformly and successively raised in jerks. {Oto and 

 3fi.ssouri I.) " The coming up of something to eat from the earth." 



Crllll. 



Hold out the left hand, as in the act of supporting the gnu when 

 directed horizontally, and with the right appear to cock it. (Long.) 



Close the fingers against the thumb, elevate the hand, and open the 

 fingers with a quick snap. ( Wied.) It seems to me that here he only 

 describes in slightly varied language the motion already refen-ed to in 

 Arro«", To mIiooI nitii, and fwiiii. Discharge of, the firing 

 *of a gun and not tln^ gun itself. The only sign I ever remember to have 

 seen for (hIIII was made by the arms being held in the position of 

 shooting a gun ; but whether this sigu was conventional or improvised 

 I do not remember. {Matthews.) 



The dexter thumb and fingers are flashed or scattered, i. e., thrown 

 outward or upward, to denote fire. {Burton.) 



Iviglit-hand fiugers pointing upward, partially closed against the 

 thumb, held to level of shoulder, suddenly elevated above the head, 

 and the fingers and thumb at the same time snapped open to imitate the 

 quick discharge of smoke from a gun. {Cheyenne I.) 



Both index-fingers extended (others closed), thumbs resting on second 

 fingers, the right brought to the right eye, with back of hand toward 

 the right, horizontal finger pointing straight outward, and the left arm 

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