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(1) Make the sign for Vl^oiliail ; (2) two fingers left band extended 

 (IV, horizontal, forward, and fingers touching) ; (3) both fists to chest, 

 con (imore ; (4) left arm cii'cled before and drawn toward the body. 

 {Apache lU.) "(1) A woman (2) mated, (3) very dear to me, (4) and 

 whom I embrace." 



My wife. 



jNIake the sign for 8aine, followed by that for T%^oilian. {Kaiowa 

 I; Comanche III ; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Make the sign for 'Woiunii, and then mos'e the right fist, back out- 

 ward, forward a foot or eighteen inches from six inches in front of the 

 navel. {Dakota IV.) " Woman I have." 



Wife or mother. 



The hands, in position (A), are brought to the chest and slightly passed 

 along over the mammary prominence. The right hand then passes 

 sweepingly downward and outward, i)alm toward the body, describing 

 rudely the exit of the child from the loins in the obstetrical curve of 

 Cams. The right arm is then raised and the extended index touches 

 the pra?cordium. {Oto and jMissouri I.) "Woman or mother of my 

 heart." 



Repeat ; often. See also Do it ag-aiii. 



Extend the left arm, also the index-finger, and with the latter strike 

 the arm at regular intervals, from frout backward, several times. 

 {Wied.) I have seen this sign. {Mattheics.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Put the fingers of the two hands together 

 (tip to tip) and rub them rapidly. {Ballard.) 



Dalian sign. — A man who puts his finger behind his ear, or who sticks 

 out his chin and parts his lips, wishes to have something repeated which 

 he has imperfectly heard. {Butler.) 



Retreat, or to return through fear. 

 Begin with the sign for Traveling' moderately or ]?Iareliing, 



then draw the tips of the fingers and thumb together and retreat the 

 hand to the body. {Long.) 



Both hands closed (O) at the left breast on the same level and nearly 

 joined; then carry them outward right to right, left to left, in front of 

 the shoulders, with arms more than half extended, and in transit open 

 the hands so that when brought to a stop the i>alnis will be upward, 

 fingers slightly separated, curved upward. {Dakota I.) " Heart was 

 not brave; what was I to do? ; would seem to indicate utter helplessness 

 under the circumstances. In such cases the man would not be stamped 

 a coward. See the conception of Brave.^' 



