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 Motion of rubbing out. {Maegoiran.) 



May also be signified by smartly brushing the right hand across the 

 left from the wrist toward the fingers, both hands extended, palms to- 

 ward each other and lingers joined. (Ampako I.) 



Is included in Gone, Destroyed. (Dakota I.) 



Another : Place the o])ened left hand about a foot in front of the navel, 

 pointing forward and to right, palm obliquely upward and backward, 

 and sweep the palm of the oj)en righthaiid forward and to the right over 

 it and about a foot through a curve. {Dakota IV.) "All bare." 



I'ass the ulnar side of the right index along the radial side of the left 

 index from tip to base. Some roll the right index over on its back as 

 they move it along the left. The hands are to be in front of the navel, 

 backs forward and outward, the left index straight and pointing for- 

 ward and to the right, the right ijidex straight and pointing forward 

 and to tlie left ; the other fingers loosely closed. {Dakota IV.) 



AVith the right hand pointing obliqiu'ly forward to the left, the left 

 forward to the right, jialms upward, move them alternately several 

 times up and down, striking the ends of the fingers. Or, the left band 

 being in the above position, rub the right palm in a circle on the left 

 two or three times, and then move it forward and to the right. {Dakota 

 VI.) " Rubbed out. That is all. It is all gone." 



Pass the palm of the fiat right hand over the left from the wi'ist to- 

 ward and otf of the tips of tlie fingers. {Dakota VI, VII.) 



IJrush the palm of tlie left hand from wrist to finger tips with the 

 palm of the right. ( Wi/an^ot I.) 



Another: Throw both luiuds outward towsri'd their respective sides 

 from the breast. ( Wyandot I.) 



Pass the fiat right palm over the palm of the left hand from the wrist 

 forward over the fingers. {Kaiowa I; Comanche III; Apache II; Wi- 

 chita II.) " Wiped out." 



Hold the left haiul open, with the palm upward, at the height of the 

 elbow and before the body ; pass the right quickly o\'er the left, palms 

 touching, froui the wrist toward the tips of the left, as if brushing oft" 

 dust. {Apache I.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Place the hands near each other, palms 

 downward, and reverse and move them over in opposite directions. 

 {Ballard.) 



