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Jjig'litiiiiig'. (Compare Thunder.) 



First tlie sign for Thunder; then open or separate the hands, and 

 lastl.v bring the right hand down toward the earth, in the center of the 

 opening just made. {Dunbar.) 



Right liand elevated before and above the head, forefinger pointing 

 upward, brought with great rajiidity with a sinuous, undulating motion; 

 finger still extended diagonally downward toward the right. (Chey- 

 enne I.) 



As thunder and lightning generally accompany each other, there is 

 no separate sign for L<is;'htnin$;'. {Ihtl-ota I.) 



Extend the index straight and earthward, raise the hand to the height 

 of the head, and pass it (juickly down toward the ground making a ro- 

 tary movement with the linger in doing so. [Apache I.) 



liisten. 8ee Hear. 



Little. Sninl9 amount. See Small, also I¥one. 



Liocouiotire. 



Place the right hand, with the fingers and tluunb partially curved 

 upward and separated, knuckles outward, in front of the breast, and 

 push it u)) and down a short distance while moving it forward (puifing 

 smoke and forward movement of engine) ; then place both hands edge- 

 wise before the chest, palms facing, and while moving the left but a few 

 inches forward, pass the right quickly by it and to the front to arm's 

 length. (KaioiraJ; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) " Kapid 

 motion as compared with anything else." 



IiOdg:e, Tipi, Wi^^nam. 



The two hands are reared together in the form of the roof of a house, 

 the ends of the tingers upward. [Long.) 



Place the opened thumb and forefinger of each hand opposite each 

 other, as if to nsake a circle, but leaving between them a small interval; 

 afterward move them from above downward simultaneously (which is 

 the sign for village) ; then elevate the finger to indicate the number — 

 one. ( Wied.) Probably he refers to an earthen lodge. I think that the 

 sign I have given you for " skin lodge " is the same with all the Upper 

 Missouri Indians. [Matthews.) 



Place the fingers of both hands ridge-fashion before the breast. 

 {Burton.) 



Indicate the outlines (an inverted V, thus /\), with the forefingers 

 touching or crossed near the tips, the other fingers closed, [Arapaho I.) 



