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Shoes, inoccaj^iniii. 



Eaisetlie foot and stroke it from front to back with theiiidp,x-fiii<;erof 

 the hand on the same side. ( Wicd.) I have seen this sign. (Matthews.) 

 The siniihirity between the [Oto and Missouri I) sign and Wicd\i exists 

 more in the idea or conception than the motion exerted. It is not ])rob- 

 able that they ever were identical in execution. (Boteler.) 



Draw the foot upward and incline the body forward so that the hands 

 can reach the foot when tlie drawing on of the shoe or moccasin is imi- 

 tated. (Dakota I.) " From the drawing on of the shoe." 



Stoop and, witli the tiugers in the same position as for Dre^M, tllllic, 



excepting that the foretitig<'rs are to point downward aixl the thumbs 

 nward, move the hands from the toes backward through slight curves, 

 one on each side of one of the feet. (Dakota IV.) 



Another: Jlake the same sign above the foot without stooping. (Da- 

 kota IV.) 



Both hands in type-position (W) are approximated at the points of 

 the indextingers before the toes of either foot. Then the hands diverge 

 and describe a curve around the sides of the foot to the heel, from which 

 point both hands are pulled suddenly upward. The sign is perfect, rep- 

 resenting the pointed oval of the moccasin and the use of both hands in 

 drawing them over the heel. For Boot!>> the last motion is extended 

 up on both sides of the linib to midway the foreleg. (Oto and Missouri 

 I.) "That which incloses the foot and is drawn on." 



Shoot ; Khot. See, also, Arrow and Gun. 



Discharge of a deadly missile. 



The hand is clinched in such a way that the thumb covers the nails of 

 the other digits; the forefingers are then suddenly extended as in the 

 act of sprinkling. This is nuich like the sign for Bad, but here the arm 

 is not moved and the fingers not strongly fiexed. (Mandan and Hi- 

 datsa I.) 



Struck by a deadly missile. 



Tlie left hand is held before the chest at a convenient distance, thumb 

 upward, back outward, fingers slightly bent, and is struck in the palm 

 with the back of the clinched right fist. (Mandan and Midatsa I.) 



Short, In stature. 



A short person is described with right hand brought up as high as the 

 head on right side, forefinger straight upright (J, back outward) ; move 

 the hand down, keeping fingers upward till it reaches the waist or 

 below. The body is usually bent to the right a little in the movement 

 as the hand goes down, l^hort distance is described the same as Close 

 or Hfear. (Cheyenne I.) 



