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right band then approaches the moutli, and is made to scoop succes- 

 sively forward from the month, in inutation of the animal ])lo\ving the 

 gronnd. (Oto and .Missouri I.) " A being with large ears that plows up 

 earth w itli its nose." 



(1) Hand on edge, forward (T on edge), waved vertically and forward, 

 short, quick motion; {2) hand nearly extended, fingers gathered together 

 (U, more loosely and bent a little), and placed in front of the mouth, 

 tips forward. {Apache III.) "G-ait of animal, and snout. Tlie first 

 part of the sign is an ideally i)erfect reproduction of the trot of the 

 half-grown porkers scavenging the agency ruV)bish." 



Honest, honesty. (Compare Truth.) 



Kight hand held with thumb inward against the heart; foreiinger 

 extended, knuckle placed against the month; thrust straight forward 

 and outward in a slight downward curve to express " straight from the 

 heart." {Cheyenne I.) 



Au honest man. 



First make the sign for iUail and then the sign for Tt'lltll. This 

 relates tt) True, truth, in sijeaking. He tells no lies. It is such a rare 

 occurrence for one Indian to steal from another of the same tribe, that 

 the Sioux have no separate sign for An honest man, as implying the 

 opposite of Thkf. {Dal-ota I.) 



Indicate the person with the index, then place both hands, tiat and 

 extended, about eighteen inches apart, with i)alms facing, as high as the 

 head, and move them eastward to arm's length. ( Wyandot I.) " Uni- 

 form from head to foot, or, literally, the same from end to end." 



Indicate object. (I) Grasp toward it (P, closing more and prone); 

 (2) sign of negation; (3) wave the hands off forward and down (Q). 

 {Apache in.) "(1) Taking; {2) no; (3) leaves it where it is." 



First point to the person, then make sign for CrOOd ; then place 

 fist of left hand at a point in front of body (A 1, chajiged to left), and 

 make a pass under it with right hand, as though grasping something 

 and pulling it away from where it belongs, fingers and thumb naturally 

 relaxed at first (Y 1, palm down), but before the return movement is 

 made the fingers and thumb are closed (A -, palm inward), as though 

 laying hold of something; then the final motion is making the sign of 

 I¥eg'atioil, j¥ot. {Sahnptin I.) " He is a good man; will steal noth- 

 ing at all." 



Horror. 



The palm of the right hand (W 2) laid over the mouth, and at the 

 same time the sign for Siirpriiiie is made by drawing the head and 

 body backward. I have .seen a few Indians use both hands in making 



