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Make the signs for Rain aud Deep. (DaTxOta VI ; Hidatm I ; 



Arikara I.) 



The hand in position of sign for Rain is moved downward slowlj 

 and with a wavering motion. {Mandaii and Hidatsa I.) 



The face is cast inquisitively toward the sky and the arms and cloth- 

 ing collected around the body as when one is chilly. The right hand is 

 then raised above the head with the fingers collected much as in type- 

 position (H 1), modified by finger ends being held a little more curved. 

 The hand then fiills by jerks, opening aud closing successively. {Oto 

 and Mmoiiri I.) " Something falling that makes us chilly." 



The hands are held as in the sign for Rain, but are then moved 

 down toward the ground and outward to either side. Literally, " deep 

 rain;" rain being indicated, the depth is shown bypassing the hands 

 outward toward their respective sides. ( Wyandot I.) 



Place the right hand as high as the head, in front or toward the right 

 side, palm down, moving it quickly up and down several times for a 

 short distance, then indicate the depth upon the ground with the fiat 

 hand, i)alm earthward. {Apache I.) 



Make the sign for Cloii(l!!>; then the hand descends from above 

 the head (Q), tips down; when near the eartli wave the hand. To 

 show depth of snow on earth spread both hands, palms down fW). 

 {Apache III.) " Eepresents the varying motion of snow-fiakes." 



Deaf-mute natural su/ns. — Point to the shirt bosom, signifying the 

 color white, and move up and down the extended fingers. {Ballard.) 



Do the same as to say rain, except point with the forefinger to some 

 object that is white, indicating the whiteness of snow. {Hasenstab.) 



Put the hands toward the breast and shake the body, and then move 

 the outstretched hands upward and downward. {Larson.) 



8oap. 



The right-hand clinched (D), is rubbed on the left forearm, just above 

 the wrist. {Dakota!.) "From its use in washing clothes." 



Sort. 



Open the left hand aud strike against it several times with the right 

 (with the backs of the fingers) [which also means Hard]; then strike 

 on the opposite side so as to indicate the reunion. ( Wied.) The sup- 

 posed yielding substance is restored by the second stroke to its former 

 shape. 



