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First make the sign for I, personal pronoun, then point to or make 

 the sign for the jiarticular article to which reference is made, and com- 

 plete the sign by crossing the arms at the wrists, about a foot in front 

 of the breast, with hands natural, relaxed (Y), palms inward, upright, 

 draw the hands to the body so that they will cover the right and left 

 breasts (the right hand the left breast and the left hand the right 

 breast). {Dakota I.) " Possession — my property." 



Another: First make the sign for I, first personal pronoun, and then 

 the sign for the property, if it has one; if not, then the particular articles 

 constituting the property must be pointed to. {Dakota I.) "These 

 things are mine." 



Strike tlie palms of the hands together, palms inward, and then make 

 the sign for $^oilie, I have fiiOlue. {Dakota IV.) 



Throw the clinched right hand edgewise toward the earth, before and 

 as far as the lower part of the body. {Dakota VI, VII.) 



The arms are crossed and the hands loosely collected as in type-i)osi- 

 tion (B), are folded on the chest. {Oto and Missouri I.) "That per- 

 tains to me." 



Throw the fist, edge downward toward the ground. When posses- 

 sion is elsewhere, the arm is extended in that direction, and the above 

 sign made. {Kaiowa I; Ajiache II; Wichita II; Comanche III.) 



Both fists, with palms forward, are held before the body, right above 

 left, and forcibly pushed downward a short distance. {Shoshoni and 

 Banak I.) 



Deaf-mute natural .signs. — Point to the object owned, and then point 

 to the breast. {Ballard.) 



Point to something with the forefinger of one hand, and, nod the 

 head, then rest the other open hand on the breast. {Hasenstah.) 



Slap the breast with the hand, and at the same time open the month 

 as if to .say " My." {Zeigler.) 



Our instructed deaf-mutes press an imaginary object to the bi-east 

 with the right hand. 



It belongs to nie. 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — Point to the object possessed, and then to 

 the bosom, meaning the speaker. {Ballard.) 



First point to the object with the forefinger, next rest the forefinger 

 on the breast-bone, and then nod the head. {Hasenstah.) 

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