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nose; theu bring down the hand in a cnrvilinear manner, nutil the wrist 

 tonches the breast; after which add the sign for Good. {Long.) 



Pass the extended hand (right usually), fingers joined, palm towai'd 

 the body, in a caressing or stroking manner, vertically downward in 

 front of, and thence horizontally from, the body, in immediate juxtapo- 

 sition to the face or that part of tlie person desired to be indicated. 

 {Ar(q)aho 1.) 



Same as HaiitKoiiie. {Dakota I.) 



The same sign as for Oood. {Dakota IV.) 



Deaf mute natural sign. — Arch the eyebrows and smack the lips. ( Bal- 

 lard.) 



Priest. 



Italian .sign. — The i)alms laid together before the breast and the eyes 

 fixed either on heaven oi earth. {Butler.) 



Prisoner. (Compare In, AVitiiin.) 



The foretinger and tlnuiib of the lett hand are held in the form of a 

 semicircle, ojjening toward and near the breast, and the forefinger of 

 the right re]>resenting the prisoner, is placed upright within the curve, 

 and iiassed from one side to another, in order to show that it will not be 

 permitted to pass out. {Long.) 



tSign for Take prisoner made, and the hands clinched and crossed 

 l)ack to back as thougli bound tightly. {Cheyenne I.) ''Taken and 

 bound." 



Cross the wrists a foot in ft-ont of the neck, hands closed, backs for- 

 ward. {Dakota IX.) "Tied.". 



Same as the sign for Capture, with the addition of the sign for 

 Yon or I when a present individual is concerned. {Oto and Missouri I.) 

 " To seize when in battle." 



Both hands clinched, the right laid transversely across the left at the 

 wrists. {Wyandot I.) "Tied arms." 



Make the sign for Battle ; then with the right grasp an imaginary 

 l)erson from the right side, extend both forefingers toward the ground, 

 the remaining fingers and thumbs closed ; place them side by side and 

 move them toward the left. {Apaehe I.) "One grasped in battle and 

 led away by the captor." 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Place the fingers of one liand upon those of 

 the other, indicating the cross-bars of a jail, and then point with the 

 forefinger to some person who is put in jail. {Hasenstah.) 



