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(1) Left hand naturally closed, elevated to the front of the person, 

 right hand held carelessly against base of thumb of left hand ; (2) sign 

 for GraKM made. This sign is sometimes made over other portions of 

 the body, the itlea being skin gi'ass. {Cheyenne I.) 



Touch the hair of the person or animal with the right index. {Dako- 

 ta I.) "Designating the hair." 



Halt! »«toi>! 



Eaise the hand, with the palm in front, and push it backward and 

 forward several times — a gesture well known in the East. {Burton.) 



Palm of right hand down, move sideways two or three times, during 

 the extension of arm slowly extending to natural length (not stretched), 

 then stopped and held still a moment, gently lower a little, with a care- 

 ful movement to the right of said shoulder. {Ojibwa IV.) 



Right hand brought in front of the riglit breast a few inches, hand 

 and lingers upright, joined, palm outward (T), carry it in this ])ositiou 

 directly outward from the body with a quick movement, and when the 

 arm is extended about two-thirds of its capacity, come to a sudden stop 

 and hold there a moment. {Dalota I.) "From the act of stopping 

 suddenly." 



Both hands clinched as in (A), held in front of the body, the right 

 band above the left. Bring the rigiit hand down quickly on top of the 

 left. {Dakota lU.) 



Shake the upright opened right hand four to eight inches from side 

 to side a few times, from twelve to eighteen inches in front of the right 

 shoulder, the palm forward, lingers relaxed and separated a Httle; then 

 close the hand and lower the list about eighteen inches, back outward. 

 {Dal-ota IV.) 



Another: Incline the body forward, place the right fist at arm's length 

 forward, a little higher than the navel, bent upward at the wT^ist, back 

 outward, then move the fist downward about eighteen inches. {Dakota 

 IV.) 



Extend the left hand, palms turned inward, fingers closed. Extend 

 the right in the same way and bring the extended palm of the right 

 smartly across the tips of the fingers of the left, just missing them. 

 While traveling, if they want to stop and cauq), this sigu is used with 

 the following addition : Clinch the right fist (F) and bring it smartly 

 down. This indicates they will .lit flown there. {Comanche \.) "Cut 

 it off." 



Close the right, leaving the index fully extended ; place the tip to the 

 mouth, theTi direct it firmly forward and downward toward the ground. 

 {Pai-Utel.) 



