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Incline the body forward and move the right tist downward about 

 eighteen inches from iu front of the stomach, at arm's length forward, 

 bent upward at the wrist, and back outward. (Dalwta IV.) " Down 

 in a bunch." 



The clinched tist, thumb upward, is held outward, usually to the 

 right, the elbow forming nearly a right angle, the hand is then depressed 

 and suddenly arrested. This is a modilication of the sign for i^tay, or 

 Abide. When the sign is made imperatively the arm is sometimes 

 stretched toward the place where it is desired that the person addressed 

 shall sit. Sometimes a particular spot, mat, or seat, if convenient, is 

 struck with the list in making the sign. {Mandan and Hidatsa I.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Point at the place where you wish the per- 

 son (spoken to) to sit, and make the motion of sitting. [Cross.) 



and smoke. 



^ Used as an invitation to a visitor, and is made by carelessly pointing 

 to the individual, to indicate person, then make the sign Sit down 

 and To !«nioke. (AbsaroJca I ; Shoshoni and Banak I.) 



Australian sign. See Wait. 



Slave. 



Slave is described the same as a Captive. The only persons used 

 as slaves, or so considered, in wild tribes of plains are captives. Mexi- 

 can children have been often taken as well as young people of hostile 

 tribes. The right hand clinched (t with palm forward), upright, on a 

 level with and to the right of right shoulder, is clasped around the wrist 

 by the Angers and thumb of the left hand with back of hand (left hand) 

 to front, and pull the right hand to the front twelve or fifteen inches. 

 [Cheyenne II.) 



Sleep, f«leepiii§^. (Compare ]\fig-ht.) 



Point to the ground and make a motion as if of lying down; then 

 close the eyes. [Burton.) 



Close the eyes and incline the head, the cheek resting upon or sup- 

 ported by the extended hand. Time may be indicated by this means; 

 "one sleep " (the sign for sleep and one finger touched or held up alone) 

 being the equivalent of twenty-four hours or a daj'. [Arapalio I.) 



Right hand, palm inward, placed by the side of the head ; head drooped 

 to the right, as if to fall into the open palm, and eyes partially closed. 

 This also means to go to bed. [Cheyenne I.) 



Another: Forefinger of right hand crooked and placed against or 

 near the upper lid of the eyes ; very short motion downward and 

 outward. [Cheyenne I.) 



