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Perplexity. 



Itdlidii sign. — Open hand shaken before the forehead as if an agitation 

 t)f the brain. {Butler.) 



Donbt. 



Haliun sign. — Both hands with lingers apart and palms forward, raised 

 by tlie head. (BnfU-r.) 



Indian Agency. 



First make the sign for Vl^hile man, and then the sign Give, 

 then designatetheparticiilaragency( see local names in " Proper NAsrES, 

 Phrases, etc.") by its proper sign, if desiring to be specific. {Dalcota 

 I.) " The place where government provisions are issued, and the white 

 man who issues them." 



In<iiflei*enee. Xone of my business. 



Italian signs. — Both hands held down by the thighs. (Butler.) 



The Iiand waved under the chin. (Butler.) 

 In<li$;ent. See Poor. 

 Infant. Hee Child. 

 Inquiry. 8ee Qiiei^tion. 

 It is so. See Ye^i. 

 Journey. See,<woins". 

 Kettle. 



Same sign as for Villag'e, but is made closer to the earth. (Wied.) 

 The contiguration of a common kettle (the utensil obtained from the 

 whites in trade being, of course, the one referred to) is the same as that 

 of the stockaded villages of the Maudans and Hidatsa,the intervals left 

 between the hands rein-esenting in this case the interruption in the 

 circle made by the handles. Tiie differentiation is effected by the posi- 

 tion closer to the earth. 



First make the sign for Fire, and then place the lingers and thumbs 

 of both hands together in front of the breast so as to describe a circle 

 looking downward, ami then move the hands still held in this position 

 as though jmtting a kettle over the fire. (Dalcotal.) "From one of 

 the uses to which they put a kettle." 



Make the sign for Fating', and then make a circle by holding the 

 ends of the partly bent forefingers and thumbs near together, the palms 

 of the hands inward (Dal-ota IV.) 



Kill, Killing:. (Compare Knife, to kill with.) 



The hands are held with the edge upward, and the right hand strikes 

 the other transversely, as in the act of chopping. This sign seems to be 



