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Sun. (Compare Day.) 



The thumb aud fiuger, formiug a circle, elevated in front toward the 

 face. [Dunbar. ) 



The forefinger aud thumb are l)rought together at tips so as to form 

 a circle, aud held up toward the suu's track. {Long.) 



Form a small circle with the forefiugers aud hold them toward heaven. 

 [Wied.) I have given you this sign. {Matthews) There is no visible 

 identity in the execution of the {Oto I) sign and WiccVs, although a 

 seeming similarity iu conception exists; the similarity in the signs for 

 day explains the practice of speaking of a day as after one or more suns. 

 {Bofekr.) 



Join the tips of the thumb and forefinger of the same hand, the inte- 

 rior outline approxinuitiiig a circle, and indicate thus the projection of 

 its disk agaiust the sky. {Arapaho I.) 



Right-hand finger crooked, elevated, and held toward tlie east. 

 {Cheyenne I.) The crook is an abbreviation of the circle representing 

 the orb. 



Right hand closed, the index and thund) curved, with tips touching, 

 thus approximating a circle, and held toward the sky. {Absaroka I; 

 Shoshoni and Banal: I ; Ute I ; Wyandot I.) 



Right haud exteuded at side of body on a level with the head ; with 

 the forefinger and thumb describe a crescent, other fingers closed. {Da- 

 lota I.) 



Make the sign for Day, and then flex the right index and thumb 

 until their ends are about four inches apart ; or, as some do, uutd they 

 are an inch and a half apart; or, as most do, bring the ends together; 

 nearly close the other fiugers aud raise the hand iu front of the fore- 

 head. The ulnar (iuner) edge of the haud is usually turned toward 

 the part of the skj' where the sun is supposed to be : for sunrise, toward 

 the east; for noon, toward the zenith; for sunset, toward the west. {Da- 

 l-ota IV.) 



Close the right hand, curve the index-finger iu the form of a half- 

 circle, and in this position hold the hand upward toward the sun's track. 

 (Dakota V.) 



Close the right hand, formiug a circle with the thumb and index, 

 then hold the hand toward the sky. {Dalota VII.) 



The paitly bent index and thumb of the right hand are brought 

 together at their tips, so as to represent a circle; aiul with these digits 

 next to the face the hand is held up toward the sky, from one to two 

 feet from the eye aud in such a manner that the glance may be directed 

 through the opening. {Mandan and Hidatsal.) 



