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lu extent. 



Place the hands, palm to palm, a short or the required distance apart. 

 {Arapaho I.) 



Curtailed. 



The arms are semiflexed before the body ; the hands approximated at 

 palms, then made to diverge to indicate some length. The right hand 

 then approximates the left and, edgewise, imitates acutting-ofl" of a short 

 piece of the fiuger-ends. The woi'd does not seem to be well understood 

 by the Indian unless applied to some object, in which case there is a 

 compound sign. ( Oto and Misso2iri I.) " Length reduced by cutting off." 



A little, short extent, or time, according to connection. 



Eaise left hand to position in front of body, forefinger extended hori- 

 zontal (ill 1, changed to left) ; then raise right hand, first finger extended 

 (in 2) ; place end of the finger near end of forefinger on left hand, and 

 move it slowly up the finger, resting near its base or near base of thumb. 

 {Sahaptin I.) 



Only by less separation of hands. [Apache III.) 



Sick; ill. 



Hold the flattened hands toward one another before the bi-east, bring 

 them, held stiff, iu front of the breast, and move them forward and back- 

 ward from and to the same. ( Wied.) As is evident, no similarity of 

 execution or design exists between Wied''s sign and the [Oto and Mis- 

 souri I.) [Boteler.) 



Contract shoulders and chest, bring hands in front of throat and chin, 

 with a shrinking, contracting motion and a shiver (if ague) or blow short 

 breaths as if panting ; then carry the left hand to the forehead and press, 

 indicating headache. (Ojibwa IV.) 



Touch the part that is the seat of the pain and then withdraw quickly 

 the touched limb, or flinch at the pressure made on the part, at the same 

 time the emotions of the face express suffering. (Dal^ota I.) " From the 

 fear of increased pain by pressure." 



The open, relaxed hands are to be quickly thrown about four inches 

 forward and outward, several times, in front of the stomach ; fingers 

 spread a little, ends about four inches apart, palms backward. {Da- 

 kota IV.) " The pulsation of the heart." 



Assume an appearance of distress, with general features relaxed. 

 Both arms are then elevated, semiflexed, and the hands assume the 

 type ijositiou (Q 1), modified by fingers being more curved and less rigid. 

 The hands are brought tremblingly thus to the sides of the body, 

 chest, etc., and then raised to the forehead and the extended indices made 

 to compress the temiiles. {Oto and Misso^iri I.) " That which produces 

 inward or bodily distress." 

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