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Horses. 



Baise the right arm above the head, palm forward, aud thrust for- 

 ward forcibly on a line with the shoulder. {Omuhn I.) 



Persons. 



Take up a bunch of gras.s or a clod of earth ; place it in the hand of 

 the i)erson addressed, who looks down upon it. (Omaha I.) "Repre- 

 sents as many or more than the particles contained in the mass." 



Hands and fingers interlaced. (Ma.eijowan.) 



Much. 



Move both hands toward one another and slightly iii)ward. ( Wiecl.) 

 1 have seen this sign, but 1 think it is used only for articles that may be 

 piled on the ground or termed into a heap. The sign most iu use for the 

 general idea of much or many I have given yon before. (Matlheirs.) 



Both hands fiat aud extended, placed before the breast, tingertips 

 touching, palms down ; then sejiarate them by passing outward and 

 downward as if smoothing the outer surface of a globe. [Absaroka I) 

 Shoshoni and Bunak 1 ; Kaiowa I ; Comanche HI ; Apache II ; Wichita II.; 

 "A heap." 



ITIucli is included in iTIaiiy or Big', as the case may require. {Da- 

 kota I.) 



The hands, with lingers widely separated, slightly bent, pointing for- 

 ward, and backs outward, are to be rai)idly appioximated through down- 

 ward curves, from positions twelve to thirty-six inches apart, at the 

 height of the navel, and quickly closed. Or the hands may be moved 

 until the right is above the left. (Dakota IV.) "So much that it has 

 to be gathered with botli hands." 



Both hands and arms are partly extended ; each hand is then made to 

 describe, simultaneously with the other, from the head downward, the 

 arc of a circle curving outwards. This is used for Liarge in some 

 senses, (^fandan and Hidatna I.) 



Hands open, i»alms turned in, held about three feet ai)art, and about 

 two feet from the ground. Kaise them about a foot, then bring in an 

 upward curve toward each other. As they pass each other, pahns down; 

 the right hand is about three inches above the left. (Omaha I.) 



Place both hands flat and extended, thumbs touching, palms down- 

 ward, in front of and as high as the face ; then move them outward and 



