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Texan. (Compare Steal.) 



Place widely exteiifled thumbs and forefingers as if inclosing a very 

 large bat brim, out by sides of bead. {Apache III.) "Such being- 

 esteemed by Texans." 



Thaiik!«. (Compare Glad.) 



Thank joii, or, more strictly. Invoking' a blessiiing'. 



The right hand upright, opened and relaxed, fingers separated a lit- 

 tle, i>alm forward, is placed near the person's forehead and then moved 

 downward in front of the face to the sternum, the hand being at the 

 same time bent at the wrist uutil it becomes horizontal. [Dakota IV.) 

 " Both hands are frequently drawn downward in front of the face." 



Theft. See Steal. 



There, I have been. 



Hold the open left hand, its palm obliquely backward and upward, a 

 foot in front of the chest; theu, the right hand being closed excepting 

 the index, which is to be extended upward, strike its palm and fingers 

 against the palm of the left and hold the two hands still for a few sec- 

 onds. (Dnlcofa lY.) 



Thick. 



First make the sign for Thin, and theu the sign for l%o, or ]\ot, 



and then the two hands, with fingers extended and joined, are held 

 horizontal, six or seven inches apart, in front of the breast, with their 

 palmar surfaces toward one another. (Dakota I.) "Not thin." 



Thin. See Poor. 



Think ; CJuess. (Compare Study.) 

 Pass the forefinger shai'ply across the breast from right to left. 



(Burton.) 



(1) Eight-hand fingers and thumb loosely closed, forefinger crooked, 

 slightly extended ; (2) dipped over toward and suddenly forward from 

 left shoulder or upper arm. (Cheyenne I.) 



Right haiul carried to the left breast, with the fore and second fingers 

 extended, i)ointing downward, oljbquely toward the left, back outward 

 (jlf, turned obliquely downward), make several outward and inward 

 movements of the extended fingers only. (Dakota I.) " ' Stop ! let me 

 think.' The heart is regarded as the seat of all the functions of life, 

 hence the sign of thinking from that organ." 



Hold the left hand, pointing toward the right palm, backward, a foot 

 in fi-ont of the neck ; then move the right hand, palm toward the left, 

 from an upright position just below the mouth over the left to arm's 



