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Heni'cl, I have. 



Open wide the tluuiil) and iiidex-ftii.i>,er of the right hand, place them 

 over the ear, and in this positiou move them quickly past the chiii and 

 nose. (Wied.) 



Bring the extended palm (W^) to the ear a time or two, as if. fanning 

 the ear. (Comanche I.) 



Heart. 



Same as the sign for I, personal jironoun. {DaLvta I.) Tlie heart is 

 selected as the seat of all the emotions. 



Bad. See Bad heart. 



Good. See drood heart. 



Heat. 



The two hands raised as high as the head and bending forward hori- 

 zontally, with the points of the lingers curving a little downward. 

 (Ditnhar.) 



(1) Both ham Is, palm downward, elevated to the level of the eyes and 

 extended outward ; (li) brought downward with a rai)id motion, half 

 opened while descending. Reference to the sun's rays, for more partic- 

 ular idea '• it feels hot," right hand held with little finger against the 

 l)art affected and sign for Fire made. {Cheyenne I.) 



Place both hands over the head, palms down, fingers pendent and 

 hanging downward at a short distance from the forehead. [Kaiowa I ; 

 Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) This sign if made a little lower 

 and in front of the face, the hands also being lowered and raised again 

 several times quickly, signifies Rain. " Rays of light and heat." 



Heavy. 



Place both flat and extended hands before the chest, pointing forward 

 with the palm up, al»out four inches apart, as if supi>orting a large body; 

 then move them simultaneously upward and downward about two or 

 three inches, the upward motion being made more rapidly than the 

 downward. {Kaiowal ■. Coinanche III ; Apaehe II; Wichita II.) 



Point at an imaginary object; seize with both hands and lift with 

 great ettbrt; also, take up an imaginary object in one hand and lift 

 .slowly two or three feet (If). [Apache III.) 



With both hands clinched (B), arms more than half extended, draw 

 them ui)ward in ft'ont of the body from the level of the abdomen to that 

 of the face, with a slow and more or less interrujited movement, as 

 though the hands seized and conveyed upward a heavy body ; at the 

 same time the ettbrt is denoted by contraction of the facial muscles 

 {Dalota I.) " From the act of lifting a heavy body." 



