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and the rigbt liaiid grasps the stem from the left side, witli back down- 

 ward near the mouth end. (DaJcofa I.) " From tlie fllliug and maimer 

 of holding the i)i))e." 



The ]»alm of the right hand being upward, the fingers nearly dosed 

 and thumb extended forward, move tlui hand from the mouth straight 

 forward about four inches, three or four times. Or the hand may be 

 held ujiright, palm toward the left, thumb pointing toward the mouth, 

 lingers closed. (Dakota IV.) '■ Holding the pipe-stem and removing it 

 froin tlie iiioutli as in smoking." 



My. 



Make the sign for Pipe and then throw the hand forward as for I 

 have. It is my pipe. (Dakota IX.) 



Pi!«fol. 



The same movement as for gnu made lower down. (linrton.) 



Left han<l placed in ])osition as though holding a i^istol, right-hand 

 forefinger resting against lower of left hand, and motioned as though 

 cocking pistol. (CIwiu'iihc I.) 



The i-ight hand in its position near the right eye, as given in the sign 

 for CwUll, denotes a pistol. This is from the shortness of the barrel. 



{Dakota I.) 



The right arm is semi extended before the front of the body; tlie 

 hand assumes the posture of type-ixisition (B 1), modified by being more 

 ojiened and index crooke<l as hooking the trigger. From the center of 

 the body the semi-extended arm is elevated to a level with the face and 

 suddenly the haml is ex) landed as it projects forward. The right hand 

 then drops to an extanded position from the side of the middle of the 

 body and the left hand is drawn edgewise across it, as in sign for Bad. 

 [Oto nnil MisnoHfi I.) '■ Something to slioot down what is bad." 



Place, At this. (Compare Here.) 



I'lacc the left liaiid, slightly curveil, about eighteen inches before the 

 heait, iiointing toward the right, the palm toward the face ; collect the 

 fingers of the right hand to a point, and strike the palm of the right 

 against that of the left, the axes being at about riglit angles. {Ali.s<iroka 

 I; Shoshoni and Banak I.) 



Place, To arrive at a. 



The hands are jilaced as in the sign for Place, at this, but the 



right hand is brought from a point at arm's length backward or out 

 from the right shoulder, and struck against the i>alm of the left. 

 Abmrokn I; iShoshoniandBanak 1.) The left hand, representing local- 

 ity, is held in any direction to indicate the speaker's meaning, when the 

 right hand follows the course and strikes the left at that position. 



