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Strike the jjaliu of the left hand with the front of the rijj;ht tist several 

 times. {Kaioica I; Comanche III; Apachell; Wichita II.) 



Push the tip of the right index against the tightly-clinched left Jist 

 (A) at several points. [Apache III.) " Impenetrability." 



Deaf-mute natural sifpis:. — Strike the fists together. [Larson.) 



Hold the forefinger and thumb as if pressing something between, at 

 the same time smack the lips as if there was a pasty substance between. 

 (Zeiyler.) 



Excessively hard: harder than anything. 



Make the sign for Hard, then place the left index-flnger upon the 

 right shoulder, at the same time extend and raise the right arm high, 

 extending the index-flnger ui)ward perpendicularly. [Wied.) This was 

 said by an Ogalala to mean "a hardy man." {Gorbusier.) 



Strike the palm of the left hand with the back of the right fist y'to 

 denote the resistance) ; then make the sign for Hard. {Dakota IV.) 



Hare. 



With the fore aiul second fingers (^, with the two fingers consider- 

 ably separated) of each hand on their respective sides of the head, and 

 with the extended fingers pointing upward, backs of hands light to right 

 and left to le t, wag them forward and backward, and then with both 

 bands oi)en, fingers stiaight, slightly separated, pointing upright, backs 

 of hands in the same relative position as above, in front and at the level 

 of the face, and with the left hand seven or eight inches forward of the 

 right, nuike the forward movements with both at the same time in imita- 

 tion of the running jumps of the rabbit by moving them forward on a 

 short curve, and then at the level of the breast lay I he extended straight 

 and joined first and .-^econd fingers of the right hand across the backs ot 

 of the similarly extended fore and second fingers of the left at right 

 angles. (Dakota I.) " From the ears, manner of running, shadow, &c., 

 of the rabbit." 



Hat. 



Pass the parted thumb and index-finger about both sides of the head 

 where the hat rests upon it. ( Wied.) This sign is still in use among 

 the Indians. (Matthew.s.) The latter movement of the hand in Wied\s 

 sign is probably the same as the first motion of the [Otoand Missotrri I) 

 sign. (Boteler.) 



With the right index extended and pointing toward the left, and the 

 thumb extended and pointing backward, the other fingers closed, move 

 the hand from the top of the head forward and downward to the eye- 

 brows. (Dakota lY.) "Covering the head." 



