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length, turuiiig the end of the right hand downward nntil it points for- 

 ward. {Dakota lY.) " The mind going straight forward." 



Clinch the right hand and place the radial side (either the thumb or 

 the middle joint of the index) against the lower portion of the forehead ; 

 the list is usually placed between the eyes. At the same time the head, 

 with eyes to the ground, is inclined and rested against the fist, as if in 

 meditation. {Dakota VI, VII.) 



Hit the chest with closed fist, thiiinb over the fist. {Omaha I.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — In the sense of tiuppose or Presume the sign 

 was made by nodding tlie head slightly, accompanied by a steady fixing 

 of the eye. {Ballard.) 



Italian sign. — The forefinger on the forehead denotes either effort of 

 thought or force of talent. {Butler.) 



Tliiiiider. 



The sign of Rain accompanied by the voice imitating the rumbling 

 sound of thunder. {Dunbar.) 



Hands partially closed, backs outward, elevated to the eai's ; moved 

 slightly out and in ; face expressing annoyance or pain. {Cheyenne I.) 



Another: The sign for To Sing: exaggerated. {Cheyenne I.) "Great 

 voice or big sing." 



Right hand raised as high above the head as possible (with the hand 

 as T), bring it down in front of the body with a quick motion, snapping 

 the fingers, and se])arating them (as Q),the fingers pointing downward, 

 back of hand outward. Same sign includes L<i$;°htlliilg°. Thunder 

 and lightning so frequently accompany each other as to suggest to the 

 Indian the idea of constancy ; hence no separate sign for lightning. 

 {Dakota I.) 



Fi'om positions near together in front of the face, palms forward, sep- 

 arate the upright clinched hands about eighteen inches, and then, turn- 

 ing the palms inward, move the hands backward, one on each side of 

 the head. {Dakota IV.) " Spreads and goes away." 



Tie, To. 



Mal^e a circular motion around, over, and above the left hand — held 

 in front of breast (fist, A 1) — with the right hand, with thumb and fore- 

 finger extended, crooked and meeting (other fingers closed), back of hand 

 upward, of closed fingers outward, and then ])ass tlie right hand under 

 the h^ft, witli thumb and forefinger separated and drawn inward or back 

 ward again as though having seized hold of something and pulling hard 



