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Close the bauds, except the index-fingers and the thumbs; with them 

 open, move the hands several times i)ast one another at the height of 

 the breast, the index-fingers pointing upward and the thumbs outward. 

 (Iroquois I.) "The movement indicates 'exchanging.' " 



Hold tlie left hand horizontally before the body, with the forefinger 

 only extended and pointing to the right, palm downward; then, with 

 the right hand closed, index only extended, palm to the right, place the 

 index at right angles on the forefinger of the left, touching at the second 

 joints. (Kaioica I; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Pass the hands in frqnt of the body, all the fingers closed except the 

 forefingers. (Saha2)tin I.) 



Close the fingers of both hands (K); liring them opposite each 

 shoulder; then bring the hands across each other's pathway, without 

 permitting them to touch. At the close of the sign the left hand will be 

 near and pointing at the right shoulder; right hand will be near and 

 pointing at the left shoulder. (Comanche I.) 



Close both hands, leaving the forefingers only extended ; place the 

 right before and several inches above the left, then pass the right hand 

 toward the left elbow and the left hand toward the right elbow, each 

 hand following the course made by a tlourishing cut with a short sword.' 

 This sign, according to the informant, is also employed by the Banak 

 and Umatilla Indians. (Comanche II; Pai-Utel.) 



The forefingers of both hands only extended, pass the left from left to 

 right, and the right at the same time crossing its course from the tip 

 toward the wrist of the left, stopping when the wrists cross. (Ute I.) 

 " Exchange of articles." 



Hands pronated and forefinger crossed. (Ziiili I.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Close the hand slightly, as if taking some- 

 thing, and move it forward and open the hand as if to drop or give 

 away the thing, and again close and withdraw the hand as if to take 

 something else. {Ballard.) 



Our instructed deaf-mutes use substantially the sign described in (Man- 

 dan and Hidatsa I.) 



To buy. 



Hold the left hand about twelve inches before the breast, the thumb 

 resting on the closed third and fourth fingers ; the fore and second fin- 

 gers separated and extended, palm toward the breast ; then pass the 

 extended index into the crotch formed by the separated fingers of the 

 left hand. This is an invented sign, and was given to illustrate the 

 difference between buying and trading. (Ute I.) 



