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approach each other at their points iiuiforiuly and diverge thi-ee times. 

 {Oto and }fisxni(ri I.) " Something', tliat would fill the hand, which lies 

 scattered on the earth." 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Imitate the action of picking up and throw- 

 ing a stone, and sometimes witli indications of the size and form of 

 the object by means of the left fist. {Ballard.) 



Store. 



First make the sign for White man, then for Tipi, and finally 

 for Trading. [Dakota I.) '• White man's house where we swap 

 goods." 



Make the sign for White nian^<!i hoii!>ie, and To buy. {Kaiowa 

 I ; Comanche III ; Apache II ; • Wichita II.) 



Stove. 



First point to a piece of iron, and then with the hands in front of the 

 body make the shape of a box-stove, and complete by the sign for Fire. 

 (Dakota I.) "Iron of the stove and fire." 



StiKly, To ; to deliberate. 



The arm is flexed and the hand assumes type-position (O 1) modified 

 by the fingers being more curved, cup-shaped. The arm is then elevated 

 and the hand twisted spirally from left to right upward before the cen- 

 ter of the forehead. (Oto and ^fissouri I.) " To revolve in miud." 



Stumble, To. 



Hold the left hand flat, edgewise, extended before the breast, back to 

 the front, fingers pointing to the right ; then move the flat right hand, 

 palm toward the body and fingers pointing downward, forward toward 

 the left, and as the backs ot fingers of the right strike the palm of the 

 left drop the right hand over to the front and downward a short dis- 

 tance. [KaioH-a I; Comanche III; Ajutchell; Wichita II.) " To strike 

 an object, and to trip or stumble." 



Storm, Tempest, or Hurricane. 



The three signs for 'Wind, Bis;, and Fear, in that order. (Dun- 

 bar.) 



Make the Rain sign, then, if thuuder and lightning are to be' ex- 

 pressed, move, as if in anger, the body to and fro, to show the wi-ath of 

 the elements. (Burton.) 



Sign for Clouds is also used for storm. (Dakota I.) "Gathering of 

 the clouds before a storm." 



