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Elevate aud rotate the extended index before the forehead. [Da- 

 kota VI ; Hidatsa I ; Arikara I.) 



Kul) the right cheelc with tlie palmar surface of the extended fingers 

 of the right hand, then ml) the back of the closed left hand with the 

 index and second fingeis of the right, aud conclude by holding the left 

 hand before the face, the index and second tingers only extended and 

 .sei)arated, pass it upward and forward before the face, rotating it in 

 so doing, the rotation occurring at the wrist. {Kaiowa I ; Comanche III; 

 Apache 11; Wicliita II.) 



Point to herbs or plants at a short distance from the body ; imitate 

 the i)ounding np of the same in a vessel with the right hand, using the 

 left as if holding one, then make the sign of to Eat. {Apache I.) "The 

 preparation of plants orherbs for internal administration." 



jTIeet, To. (Compare F^odg-e.) 



Bring the extended forefingers from either .side, allow the tips to 

 come together before the body, keeping the wrists iibout six inches 

 apart. [Kaiowa 1; Comanche \l\; Apache II; WlehitaW.) 



Ifleloii. 



Fingers of the right iiand separated and curved; place the palm about 

 ten or twelve inches from the ground, fingers pointing forward, and pass 

 it forward in an upward curve, corresponding to the elongated and con- 

 vex form of a inelon. {Kaioica I ; Comanche III; Ufe I; Apache I, II; 

 Wichita II.) 



.Hercy. 



Extend both forefingers, pointing upward, palms toward the breast, 

 and hold the hands before the chest; then draw them inward toward 

 their respective sides, and pass theni upward as high as the sides of the 

 head by either cheek. {Kaioica 1; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita 11.) 



On another. To have. 



Hold both hands nearly side by side before the chest, palms forward, 

 forefinger, only extended and pointing upward ; then move them for- 

 ward and ui)ward, as if passing tliem by the cheeks of another person 

 fiom the brea.st to the sides of the head. {Kaiowa 1; Go^nanche 111; 

 Apache II; Wichita 11.) 



!?Ie\i€aii. (Hee also Tribal Signs.) 



Right hand (V), back outward, is held, with fingers pointing down- 

 ward, at the chin. {Dakota I.) '^ From the wearing of a beard. The 

 Sioux say the Mexicans are the only Indians that wear a beard." 



Move the right hand in a small circle from right to left beneath the 

 chin, palm upward, fingers semiflexed, thumb against index. {Dakota 

 IV.) " From the beard on the chin of the first they saw." 



