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Put the open hands together toward the face, forming a right angle 

 with the anus. {Larson.) 



Going into a. 



Hold the open left hand a foot or eighteen inches in front of the 

 breast, pahu downward or backward, fingers pointing toward the right, 

 and pass the right hand, palm upward, fingers bent sidewise and 

 pointing backward, from before backward underneath it, through a 

 curve until near the mouth. Some at the same time move the left hand 

 a little forward. {Dakota IV.) 



Going out of a. 



Hold the open left hand a foot or eighteen inches in front of the breast, 

 palm downward or backward, fingers pointing toward the right, and 

 pass the right with index extended, or all of the fingers extended, and 

 pointing forward, about eighteen inches forward nuderneath the left 

 through an arc from near the mouth. Some at the same time move the 

 left hand toward the breast. {Dakota lY.) 



Stone, Fort. 



Strike the back of the right fist against the palm of the left hand, 

 the left palm backward, the fist upright (idea of resistance or strength) ; 

 then with both hands opened, relaxed, horizontal, and palms back- 

 ward, place the ends of the i-ight fingers behind and against the ends 

 of the left; then sejiai-ate them, and moving them backward, each 

 through a semicircle, bring their bases together. {Dakota IV.) "An 

 inclosure." 



Humble or meek. 



Express by bent body, the right hand holding the mouth, or over it, 

 the hands also sometimes blackened. {Ojibica IV.) 



First make the sign for Poor, in property, and then the ex- 

 tended forefinger of both hands (othei's closed), pointing upright (J), 

 with backs inward, are carried straight outward from about a foot in 

 front of their respective eyes as far as the arms can be extended. {Da- 

 kota!.) '■'■ GXoiivAy T&lAt&d to poor in property ; and possibly means not 

 seeing anything belonging to the person." 



Hiing^ry. 



A sawing of the breast. {Macgowan.) 



Touch the epigastrium with the forefinger of the right hand, and 

 then opening the mouth point down the throat with the same finger. 

 {Dakota II.) " The first motion indicates the emptiness of the stomach 

 and the second the mode of remedying it." 



