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to a i)oiiit aud thrust tliiongh the outline of an imaginary lodge repre- 

 sented by the left hand. {Cheyenne I.) 



First uialse the sign for Coii^e, then place the left hand, horizontal and 

 slightly arched, before the body, and i)assthe light hand with extended 

 index-tinger underneath the left — forward and slightly upward beyond 

 it. {Dakota V; Ahsaroka I; Sho.sltoni and Banal I; Wyandot I.) 



Lett hand ("W), ends of tinger.s toward the right, stationary in front 

 of the left breast ; pass the right hand directly and quickly out from 

 the breast under the statioiuiry left hand, ending with the extended 

 fingers of the right hand i)oiiiting' outward and slightly downward, 

 joined, palm downward Hat, horizontal (liV). {Dakota I.) "Goneujuler; 

 covered."' 



The left hand palm downward, finger-tii)s forward, either quite ex- 

 tended or with the fingers slightly bent, is held before the body. Then 

 the right hand nearly or quite extended, palm downward, tiuger-tips 

 near the left thumb, and pointing towards it, is passed transversely 

 under the lelt han<l and one to four inches below it. The fingers of the 

 right hand jioint slightly upward when the motion is completed. This 

 sign usually, but not invariably, refers to entering a house. {Mandan 

 and Hidat-sa 1.) 



Place the slightly curved left hand, i)alm down, before the breast, 

 ])ointing to the right, then pass the fiat right hand, jjalm down, in a 

 short curTe forward, under and upward beyond the left. {Vtc I.) " Evi- 

 deiitly from the manner in which a pei\son is obliged to stooj) iji enter- 

 ing an ordinary Indian lodge." 



^Moving away a. 



Uold tne hands as for Lo^lge and ])ush them forward a foot or 

 eighteen inches. {Dakota IV.) 



Moving this way a. 



Hold the hands'as in the sign for liOdge and draw them toward you. 

 [Dakota IV.) 



Taking down a. 



Make the sign for Lodge and quii'kly throw the hands outward, at 

 the same time opening all of the fingers. (Dakota IV.) 



(rreat council. 



Make the sign for liodge ; then place both bauds somewhat bent, 

 l)alms facing about ten inches apart, and pass them upward from the 

 waist as high as the face. {Hidatsa 1 ; Ankara I.) 



