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Deaf mute nafnral sif/ns. — Move the forefinger downward from the 

 west to the east. {Ballard.) 



TLse the shnt hand as if to scratch a match. (Hnsemtah.) 



Ifo, not. See also Kiiovt', I doii^t. (Compare IVothing'.) 



Tlie hand lield up before the face, witli thepahn outward and vibrated 

 to and fro. (Dunbar.) 



The hand waved outward with the tliumb ui)ward. {Long.) 



Wave the riglit hand fpiickly by and in front of the face toward the 

 right. ( Wied.) Eefusing to accept the idea or statement presented. 



Move the hand from right to left, as if motioning away. This sign 

 also means "I'll have nothing to do with y(m." {Burton.) 



llight-hand fingers extended together, side of liand in front of and 

 facing tlie face, in front of tlu^ moutii and waved suddenly to the right. 

 (Cheyenne I.) 



A deprecatory wave of the right hand from front to riglit, lingers 

 extended and joined. (Arapaho I.) 



Place the right hand extended before the body, fingers ])ointing up- 

 ward, palm to the front, then throw the hand outward to the right, and 

 slightly downward. {Ab.^nroka I; Hidafsa I; Arikara I.) 



Tlie right hand, horizontal, fiat, palm downward ( W), is pushed side- 

 wise outward and toward the right from the left breast. No, none, I 

 have none, etc., are all expressed by this sign. Often these Indians for 

 Xo will simply shake the head to the right and left. This sign, although 

 it may have originally been introduced from the white people's habit of 

 shaking the head to express No, has been in use among them for as long 

 as tlie oldest people can remember, yet they do not use the variant to 

 express Yes. (Dakota I.) "Dismissing the idea, etc." 



Place the oi)eiied relaxed right hand, jiointiug toward the left, back 

 forward, in front of the nose or as low as the breast, and throw it foi'- 

 ward and outward about eighteen inches. Some at the same time turn 

 the palm upward. Or make the sign at the height of the breast with 

 both hands. (Dakota IV.) "Represents the shaking of the head. 

 Our shaking of the head in denial is not so universal in the Old "World 

 as is popularly suiii)osed, for tlie ancient Greeks, followed by the modern 

 Turks and rustic Italians, threw the head back, instead of shaking it, 

 for Xo. 



Hold the flat hand pointing upward before the right side of the chest, 

 then throw it outward and downward to the right. (Dakota VI, Vll.) 



