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Left hand held up, back and thumb upward, first and middle fingers 

 of right hand dipped forward as thouuli touching something, and then 

 rubbed against back of hand near the base of tlie thumb, as in sign for 

 Cwrease. {Cheyenne I.) 



Make the sign for Color, and then touch the cheek with the ex- 

 tended fore and second fingers of the right hand. {Dakota I.) " Mix- 

 ing the paint and applying to the face." 



(1) Rub the right forefinger in the left palm ; (2) then rub it on the 

 cheeks. (Apache \l\.) " (1) Mixing or grinding; (2) apiilying." 



Paper. 



The left anu is semi-extended, the hand open in position ( W), palm 

 uj); the right hand then approaches the left and in position (K) seem- 

 ingly writes in the left palm ; both hands then assume position ( liV), 

 appioximate each other, then widely diverge. {Oto and Missouri I.) 

 '' Something extended upon which to write." 



Parent. See, also, KelatioiiMliip. 



(ienerically. 



Place the hand, bowl-shaped, over the right breast, as if grasping a 

 ])a]). {I)o(hje.) 



Make the sign for Father twice. {Ahsaroha I; Shoshonl and 

 Banal; I.) 



Collect the fingers and thumb of the right hand nearly to a point and 

 pretend to grasp the left breast and draw it out towaixl the front about 

 twelve inches. {Dakota VI.) " When this sign is made once it means 

 father (which may be more specifically designated by elevating the 

 finger as for Man, i. e., man or male parent); when it is made twice it 

 means Parents, and is used generically; when mother is meant, the 

 signs for Parent and Woman, i. e., long-haired parent; woman parent." 



The right arm is extended (with the hand in type-position J), and 

 made to point to the object. The hands (in type-positions A A) next 

 approach the mammary region and thiis hold for a moment. The 

 right hand is then opened (as in type-position S, modified by being 

 horizontal) and made to describe a semicircle downward, inward, and 

 outward froiu the lower i>art of the trunk of the body. {Oto and Mis- 

 souri I.) " Him or her from whom comes the offspring." 



Same sign as for Father, also made for mother with the addition of 

 the sign for 'Woman ; litei'ally Woman Parent. {Kaiowa I ; Co- 

 manche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Partiisan. See Chief, War; 



Patience. See Quiet. 



