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Both hands should be phiced horizontal, palms upward, pointing for- 

 ward, about three inches apart in front of the lower part of the chest, 

 and then quickly raised about eight inches, at the same time shaking 

 them a little from side to side. {Dakota VI.) "Idea of lightness, and 

 therefore (juick motion." 



Qniet, l»e ; be not alarmed ; have patience. 



The palm of the hand is held toward the person. This is also the 

 sign for Surrender. {Long.) 



Place the forefinger or tlie hand over the mouth. {Arapaho I.) 



The riglit hand with i)alm downward, horizontal, flat, fingers ex- 

 tended and pointing forward {W) brought to the front median line of 

 body, and about a foot from it, and then carried on the same level to the 

 I'ight side of the body, where two or three quick upward and downward 

 movements of the hand and arm complete the sign. {Dakota I.) " Sit 

 down ; be quiet." 



Deaf-mute natural sitjns. — Hold the hand still in the air. {Ballard.) 



Fold the arms. {Larson.) 



Patience. 



The open flat riglit hand is laid, l)ack outward, over the left breast, and 

 then both hands, with fingers extended, separated, and somewhat curved, 

 are held horizontally, with palmar surfaces looking toward one another, 

 a few inches apart, in front of tlie body (P, turned horizontally) (this 

 is Kvpanded, lar<ie) ; and then the hands are closed (fists B) and passed 

 slowly over one another with a slight shaking or tremulous motion of 

 the hands and arras. {Dakota I.) "A (large) patient, enduring heart." 



Rabbit. See also Hare. 



The fore and little linger of the right hand are extended, representing 

 the ears of the animal ; the hand is then bobbed forward to show the 

 leaping motion of the animal. {Long.) 



Rain. (Compare 8noir and Heat.) 



Begin with the sign of liVater, then raise the hands even with the 

 forehead, extending the tingers outward, and give a shaking motion as 

 if to represent the dripping of water. {Dunbar.) 



The sign for Water precedes that for 8noir. {Long.) 



Scatter the fingers downward. The same sign denotes 8110W. 

 {Burton.) 



Imitate its fall with the hand, palm down, partially closed, fingers 

 separated and pointing downward; then move the hand in a direct 

 course toward the ground. {Arapaho I.) 



