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Close the finger tips over tlie bead ; if a monntain is to be expressed, 

 raise tlieiii liigli. To denote an ascent on rising ground, pass the right 

 palm over the left hand, half doubling up the latter, so that it looks like 

 a ridge. {Burton.) 



Both hands outspread near each other, i)abns downward, and elevated 

 to the level of the face; brought downward to represent the slope of a 

 hill, the motion at the base being somewhat more rapid than at the first 

 part. [Cheyenne I.) 



Hold the left hand clinched at some distance before the face, the 

 knuckles i)ointing upward, representing the elevation or hill. {Dalota 

 VII.) 



doing over a. 



First make the sign for Hill as contained in ]?loiintaiii, with both 

 hands or with the left hand, in Iront of breast, and then the right hand 

 is drawn back toward the bo<ly (left, representiiig the hill, stationary) 

 and then carried outward with short, jerking moti'ons over the l)ack of 

 the left, as though a man was ridinj'; or walking over a hill. [Thilnta I.) 

 "Going over a hill and ])assing out of view." 



Hold the left hand about a foot in front of the upper part of the chest, 

 back outward and forwaixl, ami pass the slightly-flexed right hand for- 

 ward o\ er it, about twelve inches, through an arc beginning two or three 

 inches behind it, back upward, the fingers at first jiointing a little up- 

 ward, then forward, and toward the last a little downward. (D((k<>fa IV.) 



Peak. 



Place the left fist, with the knuckles ])ointing upward, at some distance 

 before the face. ( Cite I.) 



Close the left hand loosely, the thumb resting upon the middle joint 

 of the forefinger, palm toward the face, and hold it as high as the shoul- 

 der. (Apache I.) 



Hoe; Hoeing. 



Pantomime of handle by extended left arm, blade by adjusted right 

 hand, and the action of using a hoe. {Apache III.) 



Hog. 



Right-hand fist (B, turned downward) is moved around in various 

 directions below the level of the body, i)ointing downward, with upward 

 movements in imitation of the hog's manner of rooting in the gi'ound 

 with its snout. {Dal'oia I.) " From the hog's manner of eating." 



Both hands are brought to the sides of the head in type-position (W), 

 and made to vibrate to and from, the thick of hand being stationary. The 



