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Deaf-mute natural su/n. — Lift both Lands np. (Zeigler.) 



Italian HUjn. — The open hand stretchetl out with the finders up. 



{Butler.) 



Halt. A stop])ing-i)hice. 



Must be indicated by the pi-oper name of the place (as Bad River, 

 Standing lloci<, Big Woods, &c.) at which the halt (which is also the 

 sleeping- place for the night) is made. Indians have no ''halts" in the 

 English se7ise of the word, but would say instead, " I slept at such a 

 river or rock." In only one way can Indians be said to have halting- 

 places, i. e., as on a long journey over a well-known country the same 

 camps are made time after time as long as timber and water last, and 

 distance is roughly calculated or estimated by so many camps or days' 

 journey. {Dalotal.) 



Haniiner. 



Same as the sign for 8tone, Hard, &c. Sometimes a distinction 

 is sought to be made in the case of Hammer by pounding in the 

 palm of the left hand with the lower part of the right fist (A). (Dakota 

 1.) "From the use of the hammer." 



Haiicl>!ioiiie. (Compare Ciiood and Pretty.) 



Right hand touching the left side of forehead, liand horizontal, palm 

 inward, lingers joined, and the thumb pointing obliquely upward (W 

 2), bring tlte hand down over the face to tlie left breast, there turn the 

 hand so that it will be as in (W) with tips of extended fingers pointing 

 toward the left, and carry it outward and toward the right. (Dakota I.) 

 " Pretty face, good heart." 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Draw the outstretched palm of the right 

 hand down the right cheek. (Zeigler.) 



Haraii$;'iie. See !!>peaking-. 

 Hard. 



Open the left hand and strike against it several times with the right 

 (with the backs of the fingers). ( Wied.) Still used for hard in certain 

 senses. (Matthew.^.) 



Same as the sign for Mtoiie. (Dakota I.) " Would seem to refer to 

 the time when the stone hammer was the hardest pounding instrument 

 these Indians knew." 



Rotate the right fist a very little from side to side while raising it 

 about a foot from just in front of the right breast, its palm inward. 

 The tist represents the heart which is hard, and the motion its beating. 

 (Dakota IV.) 



