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out from the breast for a foot or more, and then turning the hand, 

 thumb downward, back toward the left, and carrying it out to the right 

 side of the body on the same level, which is the sign for ]^o or l\«t. 

 {Dal-ota I.) 



Make the sign for Brave, CJeiieroiis, at the end of which sign 

 the right hand is opened as in (T 1), modified by back of hand being- 

 more concave and swept semicircularly outward and downward from 

 the right side of head. (Oto I.) " No good will, generosity, or courage." 



Bring the left hand against the shouldei-, with the elbow slightly be- 

 fore the hip, then tap the elbow with the knuckles of the right hand 

 from below upward. [Apache I.) 



Curve the fingers of the left hand so that their tips rest against the 

 inner edge of the thumb, ^hich should be about an inch from the palm ; 

 then bring the hand slowly to the pit of the stomach, back to the front. 



{Utel.) 



Stirvui*- 



Make first the sign for Hoi'!<e and next the sign for Saddle ; then 

 catch the right hand, with its index hooked as in position (I), index 

 more opened, by the left in similar position. Then raise the foot (either) 

 and catch its sole by the hooked index of the left hand. Holding the 

 leg thus, as half-mounted, throw the left arm into the air as the leg over 

 a horse. [Oto and Missouri I.) "Something hooked to catch tlie foot 

 when mounting a saddled horse." 



Stone. 



The right hand shut, give several small blows on the left. {Dunbar.) 



Close the right hand, and strike the palm of the left hand two or 

 three times with it. {Lowj.) 



If light, act as if picking it up ; if heavy, as if dropping it. {Burton.) 



Fingers of right hand closed, thumb lying along the tips, struck once 

 or twice into the palm of the left hand. {Cheyenne I.) 



With the back of the arched right hand (H) strike repeatedly in the 

 ■palm of the left, held horizontal, back outward, at the height of the 

 breast and about a foot in front ; the ends of the fingers point in oppo- 

 site directions. {Daliota I.) From its use when the stone was the only 

 hammer. 



The right hand points to the earth with the extended index; then 

 both hands, fingers divergent (as in P 1), inverted, approximate at the 

 points of index-finger and thumb, then diverge until in descending the 

 points of ring and little fingers touch the ground. The fingei-s then 



