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Plain, Prairie. (Compuie Earf ii.) 



Lay the hands flat upon their backs and move thcni straight from cue 

 another in a horizontal line. ( Wleil.) There is no similhirity with WieiVs 

 sign in execntion, nor is tlie concei)tiou of the latter as plain as that of 

 {Ofo and Missouri 1). {Bofeler.) 



Wave hotli I lie palms outward and low down. (Burton.) 



This is ex[)ressed in the sign for Flat, I^evel. {Dakota I.) "The 

 flat or level jirairie." 



After placing the hands near together, palms upward, fingers point- 

 ing forward, separate them about two feet; carry the extended right 

 index, back upward, pointing forward, through a forward curve from 

 side to side in front of the body three or four times, tiien make the 

 negative sign. {Dakota IV.) "Nothing there." 



The arms are semiflexed ami brought, hands together, before the 

 body. Then stoop forward and touch a ))iece of wood, or, in its absence, 

 execute the sign for the same. The hands are then approximated before 

 the chest in type position (T), then made to diverge widely, finally the 

 right band openly sweeps negatively to the side {Oto and Missouri I.) 

 "Extended space where there is no wood." 



(11 Wave the hands horizontally and laterally, palms up (X), holding 

 left hand still (X) ; (2) thrust the right hand up, fingers extended (P) ; 

 (3) rub off left palm with right (X reversed); smooth off left i)alm with 

 right. [Apache III.) "(I) Level surface; (2) trees ; (3) destitute of; 

 (1) very smooth." 



Plant, To. 



Collect the fingers and thumb of the right hand to a point, directed 

 toward the ground, and as the hand is moved straight forward from the 

 body, dip it toward the ground at regular intervals. (Kaiowa 1; Co- 

 manche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Plants, Vegetation. 



Close the right hand; extend the index, pointing vertically, and i)lace 

 the til) of the thumb against the second joint, then pass the hand, back 

 down, toward one side, in repeated moves, slightly ele\'ating it at each 

 rest. ( Wyandot I.) 



Pleased. See (lilad. 



Pond. See Lake. 



Poor. Liean. Indigent. 



The two forefingers extended, with the right as if it was a knife, imi- 

 tate the motion of cutting the flesh oft' the left finger, beginning toward 



