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(R), is broufjlit up to side of face (right) with palm toward face, and 

 moved backward aud forward two or three times. {Cheyenne II.) 



Hold the left hand at arm's length, closed, with forefinger only ex- 

 tended and pointing in the direction of the place where the event oc- 

 curred ; then hold the right hand against the rigiit shoulder, closed, but 

 with index extended and pointing in the direction of the left. The 

 hands may be exchanged, the riglit extended and the left retained, as 

 the case may require for ease iu description. {Absarolta I ; Shoshoni and 

 Bandk I.) 



The flat open right hand, turned back toward the right, fingers ex- 

 tended, pointing upward (S), is carried backward and forward at the 

 right side of the head, and then the right hand is passed by the left 

 hand, lield horizontal, back toward the left (S turned horizontal in- 

 stead of upright), about a foot and a half in front of the face. {Dal-ota 

 I.) " Gone by in time." 



Extend the i-ight index, half close the other fingers, thumb against 

 the middle finger, aud after placing the hand, back outward and well- 

 extended, on the upright forearm, four or six inches in front of the right 

 ear, throw it forward about four inches three times, by jerks, from the 

 wrist. {Bal^ota lY.) 



Long ago. 



Both hands closed, forefingers extended and straight ; place one hand 

 at arm's length, pointing horizontally, the other against the shoulder or 

 near it, pointing in the same direction as the opposite one. Frequently 

 the tips of the forefingers are placed .together, and the hands drawn 

 apart, until they reach the positions described. {Absaroka I ; Shoshoni 

 and Banak I.) 



Place the flat right hand, palm forward, near the side of the head, and 

 wave it by interrupted movements outward towai'd the right, gradually 

 turning the palm more and more to the right. (Kaiowa I ; Comanche 

 III ; Apache II ; Wichita II.) 



Another : Pass the right hand, flat and extended, edgewise and point- 

 ing upward from over the shoulder, outward toward the right in a 

 waving motion, so that at each movement the hand is farther from the 

 head, and at last the palm is turned nearly to the right. [Kaiowa I; 

 Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Short. 



The sign for Time {Lions) followed by that of negation. {Arap- 

 aho I.) 



Both hands in front of breast, about six inches apart, arched (H, 

 back outward), thumbs and forefingers horizontal, and pointed toward 

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