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"With the righthaiid flnger.s ami thumb curved upward aud separated 

 (P with knuckles aud back downward) beginumg- with the hand in this 

 position as low down on the right side as you can reach by bending the 

 body a little, then bring the hand up a few inches, keeping fingers up. 

 {Cheyenne II.) '• Kepresents grass growing." 



Make the sign for (]ira!«!S. [Dal^otal; Kaiowa I; Comanche III; 



Apache II; Wichita II.) " From the season the grass springs up."' 



Make the sign for Hoi^e, (Riding- a horse) ; and then hold the 

 left hand, palm looking obliijucly downward aud backward, in front of 

 the abdomen, aud pass tlie right hand, back upward, underneath it from 

 beliind forward ; or, make the sign for Offspring', {Dalota lY.) 

 " The mares have colts." 



Make the signs for Rain, Grass, and Good. (Dakota VI.) 



The right hand is gradually drawn toward the body, then approaches 

 the ground, in type-position (Q 1), lingers more collected at the ends 

 and less rigid. From the ground the hand is made to rise slowly aud 

 successively iu representation of the upward tendency of vegetation. 

 {Oto and Missouri I.) "The time when grain and grass grow." 



Make the sign for Rain, then with the curved index only pointing 

 upward, hold the back of the right hand near the ground aud elevate it, 

 gradually aud in an interrupted movement, upward. [Ute I.) "After 

 the rains the sprouts appear." 



!!»qnaw. See liVonian. 



Stars. (Compare JTIoon.) 



The right-hand, forefinger and thumb crooked, is pointed iu various 

 directions above the head toward the heavens, aud a moderately iiuick 

 under-aud-over movement of the finger aud thumb, forming a crescent, 

 is made. (Dakota I.) "From the twinkling of the stars." 



Make the sign for j^ig^ht, and then, bringing the ends of the right 

 thumb and forefinger together, or flexing the forefinger within the 

 thumb, quickly move the upright hand four or five times forward, here 

 and there above the head. For star, hold the haud above the head, its 

 inner edge uppermost. (Dakota IV.) 



Stay, abide. I live or stay iiere. 



From a foot in front of the neck mo\e the right hand, its back forward 

 and index extended, several times through a curve toward the right 

 shoulder, each time rotating it to turn the palm forward ; then throw the 

 fist forward in front of the lower part of the chest and move it a foot or 

 eighteen inches up and down, back outward. (Dakota IV.) 

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