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Close both luiiids, except the two foreflugers, aud place them side by 

 side, pointing forward, ill front of the breast. [Iroquois 1.) This sign 

 expresses mate<J, also husband or unfc. 



Bring the two foreflugers side by side, hands prouated. {Zuni I.) 



Italian sign. — Pretend to put a ring on the ring finger, or lay the two 

 forefingers together side by side; yet this last is more coninionly used 

 of any union or harinony. (Butler.) 



As tliongh sti-ikiiig a match on the palm of the left hand held in front 

 of breast, with the right hand. [Dalota I.) "From the act of striking 

 a match." 



Hold the left liiiiid before the body, extended and pointing toward 

 the right, palm down, then i)lace the tip of the thumb of the right 

 hand against the index and second finger aud pass them qnickly along 

 the inner edge of the left hand from the wrist forward as if lighting a 

 match. {Kaioica I; Comanche III; Shoshoni and Banak I; Ute I; 

 Apache I, II; Wichita 11.) 



^lediciiie. ((om])are Dootoi'.) 



Carry the right hand in i)ositioii as though holding a bottle in front 

 of the mouth, and then tip it up as though drinking from the bottle. 

 {DaJcota I.) "Drinking medicine from a l)ottle." 



The left hand with the arm semi-extended is held witli tlie back 

 upward before the body. The extended index of the right hand 

 then rubs on the back of the left, as the mixing of medicine on a pill- 

 tile. Both hands with the fingers, as in (Q), are then held tremblingly 

 before the body's sides. The extended indices next compress the tem- 

 ples and the countenance assumes an appearance of distress. For 

 medicine to induce sleep, quiet cough, check flow of blood, or jmrge, 

 the signs aiiprojiriate to the latter conditions or words are conjoined. 

 {Oto and Mis.'iouri I.) " Something stirred uj) for inward distress."' 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Use the sign for Nick, III, and then the 

 sign for Drink. [Zeighr.) 



In Indian sense. (Compare Indian Doctor, f^liainan.) 



Stir with the right hand into the left, and afterward blow into the 

 latter. ( Wied.) There is a similarity in the execution of the [Oto and Mis- 

 souril) sign and IFt'erf'.? sign. The stirring in the left instead of on its 

 back as in the former may be a matter of caprice. It is probable that the 

 conclusive blowing into the hand in the latter is to add mystery, as iu 

 the magician's trick. (Boteler.) All persons familiar with the Indians 

 will understand that the term " medicine," foolishly enough adopted by 



