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Poiut at the nostril with one finger, witli a displeased or pleased 

 expression. {Cross.) 



Place the forefiuger beneath the nostril, at the same time raising the 

 upper lip several times in succession, as if to smell something. (Zeiyler.) 



8inoke. 



Begin with the sign for Fire, then raise the hand upward, with the 

 fingers open as if to represent smoke. {Duithar.) 



Snnftle the nose and raise the fingers of both hands several times, 

 rubbing the fingers against each other. (Wicd.) The rubbing suggests 

 the old mode of obtaining fire by friction, and the wrinkling or snuffling 

 of the nose indicates the effect of the smoke on that organ. 



With the crooked index, describe a pipe in the air, beginning at the 

 lips; then wave the open hand from the mouth to imitate curls of smoke. 

 {Burton.) 



Similar to the sign for Fire, the fingers still and the hand ascending 

 by a constantly rcA-olving motion. {A7-aj)aho I.) 



Sign for Fire made slowly. (Cheyenne I.) 



Clinch the right hand, and hold it, palm toward the left and down- 

 ward, about twelve inches in front of the lower portion of the chest. 

 {Absaroka I; Shoshoni and Banak I.) " Holding the pipe.'' 



Same as the sign for Fire with the hand carried up higher. [Da- 

 kota I.) " From the ascent of the smoke." 



Make the sign for Fire, and then hold the opened upright hands, 

 fingers a little spread, side by side, in front of the face. {Dakota, IV.) 

 " Hides everything." 



Close both hands, place them side by side toward the ground, palms 

 downward, then raise them quicklj-, extending the fingers and thumbs 

 in doing so, and make spiral curves upward a short distance. ( Ute I.) 



Siinke. 



The forefinger is extended horizontally, and passed along forward in 

 a serpentine line. {Long.) 



A gliding movement of the extended hand, palm down, fingers joined, 

 in imitation of reptilian locomotion. {Arapaho I.) 



Right hand forefinger pointing, placed in front of and on a level with 

 left shoulder, drawn along to the right with undulating sinuous motion, 

 imitating the motion of a snake crawling. {Cheyenne I.) 



