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Deaf-mute natural sig)is. — Knit the eyebrows and move tbe bead in 

 diti'ereiit directions, bending the eye upon v^acancy. (Ballard.) 



Bring your head forward a little and change your look, showing that 

 you are looking around for something not yet found. (Cross.) 



Another: Having touched ihe eyelid, move horizontally the finger, 

 with au expression of hunting for sjmething. (Cross.) 



Place the forefinger on the eye; at the same time incline the head 

 as if hunting for something. (Zeigler.) 



For game. 



Same as the sign Hunting' I'or. This is a general sign, and if 

 hunting for a particular kind of game it must be specified by its proper 

 sign, as deer, antelope, buffalo, etc. (Dakota I.) " From the act of seek- 

 ing, searching." 



Ilui*i*>'. 



Close the right-hand, index extended and elevated, pointing upward, 

 back of hand forward, and beckon by drawing the hand toward the 

 body several times excitedly. (Omaha I.) 



Place the hands, palms up, near the stomach and in front of it, then 

 make an up-and-down motion as if tossing a large light body a short 

 distance. (Kaioiva I; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) "Evi- 

 dently from the movement of the stomach sometimes experienced when 

 running." 



Husband. (Compare Companion; $anie; iVIarried.) 



The two forefingers are extended and placed together with their 

 backs upward. This sign is also used for Companion. (Long.) 



3Iake the sign in front of the privates for Wlan, and then move the 

 right fist, back outward, forward a foot or eighteen inches from six 

 inches in front of the navel. (Dakota IV.) " Man I have." 



And Wife. 



The same sign frequently used for both: Lay the two forefingers 

 together, side by side, straight and pointing forward, the other fingers 

 loosely closed. (Dakota IV.) " Two joined as one." 



Or Wife. 



Extend the forefingers of each hand and In-ing them together side by 

 side iu front of the breast and a foot therefrom. (Comanche I.) 



I, iiie, niyKeir. 



The fingers of the right hand laid against the breast. (Dunbar.) 

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