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liiglit liaud, Augers open but slightly curved, palm to the left; move 

 downward, describing a curve. {Omaha I.) 



Another: Similar to the last, but the index-iinger is extended, point- 

 ing in front of you, ihe otlier finger but half open. {Omaha I.) 



Another: Close the right hand, extending the forefinger alone; point 

 toward the breast, then throw from you forward, liringing the hand to- 

 ward the ground. {Omaha I.) 



Both hands, in j>ositions (AA), with arms semiflexed toward the 

 body, make the forward rotary sign for Fi;;'lltilis;° or Battle ; the 



right hand is then raised from the left ontward, as clutching a knife 

 with the blade pointing downward and inward toward the left list; 

 the left fist being held in situ, is struck now by the right, edgewise as 

 above described, and both suddenly tall together. {Ofo and Missouri 

 I.) " To strike down in battle with a knife. Indians seldom disagree 

 or kill another in times of tribal ])eace." 



Place the Hat right hand, i)alm down, at arm's length to the right, 

 bring it quickly, horizontally, to the side of the head, then make the 

 sign for Dead. ( Wi/amhit I.) "To strike with a club, dead." 



Deaf-mute natural sif/ns. — Strike a blow in the air with the clinched 

 fist, and then incline the head to one side, and lower the open hand. 

 {BaUard) 



Strike the other hand with the fist, or point a gun, and, having shot, 

 suddeidy point to your breast with the finger, and hold your head side- 

 wise on the hand. {Cross.) 



Vae the closed hand as if to strike, and then move back the head with 

 the eyes shut and the mouth opened. {Haaenstab.) 



Put the head down over the breast, and then move down the stretched 

 hand along the neck. {Larson.) 



In battle. To. 



Make the sign for Battle, Fii^lit, theu strike the back of the 

 fingers of the right hand into the palm of the Hat and slightly arched 

 palm of the left, immediately afterward throwing the right outward 

 and downward toward the right. {Ute I.) "Killed and falling over." 



You ; I will kill vou. 



Direct the right hand toward the offender and spring the finger from 

 the thumb, as in the act of sprinkling water. {Long.) The conception 

 is perhaps "causing blood to flow," or, perhaps, "sputtering away the 

 life," though there is a strong similarity to the motion used for the (lis- 

 charge of a f/un or arrotv. 



