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Travail; plural, Travaiix or Travois. (The corrupt French 

 expression for the sledge used by Indians, probably from traineau.) 

 The same sign as for DOS'. (Dakota IV.) 



Traveling:. See Going-. 



Moderately; marching. See Going'. 



With great rapidity. See 8wifY. 



Tree, trees. (Compare Forest.) 



Vertically raise the tbrefiugei-, pointed upward, other fingers and 

 thumb closed, back of hand down. {Arapaho I.) 



Point with forefinger extended in front obliquely toward the ground, 

 and with an extending motion of arm raise the hand and arm quickly to 

 an angle of over -loo ; extend arm at full length, then with fingers and 

 thumb extended, shake the hand once or twice to indicate the branches, 

 look up as if following motion of hand. [Ojibwa IV.) 



First hold the right index in front of the breast, upright (JT, back 

 outward), for a moment, and then open the second and third fingers, sep- 

 arate them and let them point upward in difterent directions, thumb 

 resting on the closed little finger. {Dakota I.) "The trunk of a tree 

 and its branches.'' 



With the hands upright, backs forward, fingers a little separated and 

 slightly bent, the right behind the left and a foot in front of the chin, 

 move the left a foot or so obliquely forward toward the left, and the 

 right obliquely backward toward the right until it is in front of and 

 near the right shoulder. [Dakota IV.) 



Hold the right hand before the body, back forward, fingers and thumb 

 extended and separated ; then push the hand slightly upward. Made 

 more than once in succession and at difterent points of the horizon, 

 means trees or groves. [Dakota V, VI; Hidatsa I; Arikara I.) 



Move the right hand, fingers loosely extended, separated and pointing 

 upward, back to the front, upward from the height of the waist to the 

 front of the face. For trees, not referring to a dense grove or a forest, 

 the same sign is repeated several times toward difterent points in front of 

 the body. [Kaioical; Comanche III ; Apache II ; ^Yichita II.) "Trunk 

 and branches." 



Grove of. 



See Trees. [Dakota V, VI ; Hidatsa I ; Arikara I.) 



Raise the right arm vertically, with fingers and thumb spread, then 

 grasp the arm near the shoulder with the left hand. ( Wyandot I.) 



