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Sad, Sorry, Troubled. (Com])are Angry.) 



The right haud is partly, sometimes quite, closed, held in front of the 

 chest, almost or quite in contact with it, and made to describe a circle 

 of three or four inches radius, once or oftener. [Mandan and Hidatsa 

 I.) "This indicates the various conflicting emotions whicli may be re- 

 ferred to by ail Indian when he says ' My heart is bad.'" 



Both iists placed before the breast, palms down, thumbs touching, 

 move the outer edges downward as if breaking a stick, then place the 

 palm of the hand (or the fingers) over the heart. (Wyandot I.) 

 " Broken heart." 



Saddle. 



First make the sign for Hoi'fiie, then turn the left hand outward to 

 the left, and extend the flexed fingers so that the hand is horizontal, 

 palm downward ("W), at the same time tlie fingers of the right hand 

 are likewise extended, and then on a curve, first to the right, then uj)- 

 ward and to the left, the hand is brought, with palm downward, nearly 

 crosswise over the back of the left, whicih it pats gently several times. 

 (Dakota 1.) " Indicating saddle from its i)osition on the horse." 



The .sign for Hoi'siie is first made by drawing the open haud edge, 

 wise across before the face; the front and middle fingers of the right 

 hand then straddle the index and middle fingers of the left. Finally, 

 in representation of the handmade and reclining saddle-tree of the In- 

 dian, the two front fingers of the right are made to stand inclined on 

 the front and back of the left. (Oto and Mifnovri I.) "Something 

 astride of a horse that inclines before and behind." 



-^ Pack, To. 



The clinched fist is held before the chest at a variable distance, the 

 second row of knuckles to the front, usually, the forearm being semi- 

 pronated so as to make the metacarpophalangeal articulation of the 

 index the highest point of the haud. Tlie fist is then struck by the 

 palmar surface of the exteiide<l fingers of tlie right, first in the back and 

 then on the side, or vice versa. (Mandan and Hidatsa I.) 



Salt. 



The body is bent forward, and the palm i)rint of the right fingers, iu 

 type-position (W), touch the earth before the body. The open hands 

 are then approximated before the body, palms in contact, then diverge, 

 the right index touching the tongue iu type-position (K). The coun- 

 tenance assumes a mien of dislike. The motion to the ground would 

 indicate the salt-licks of the plains. ( Oto and Missouri I.) " Something 

 from the ground — savory to the taste." 



