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Pass the exteuded index, pointing upward and forward, forward from 

 the month. {Dakota VI, VII.) 



The sign is the same as that for Yes, except that the hand is held 

 before and often in contact with the month and the motion made from 

 that point. {Mandaii and Uidatsa I.) 



Tlie right liaud is gradnally brouglit to tlie mouth which is in motion 

 of talking. The hand is in position (I 1) modified by the index-finger 

 being more extended. The hand and index then describe the arc of a 

 quadrant, the iudex-finger pointing forward, outward and downward. 

 (Oto I.) "What comes straight or unvarying." 



Make the sign for Npeak, then point upward with the extended 

 index. { Wyandot I.) " Talk good." 



Pass the extended index, ])ointing upward and forward, to the front 

 several times. [Vie I.) " But one tongue; only one way in talking — to 

 the front." 



With the index only extended, pointing forward, push it forward 

 from the mouth in a slightly downward direction and terminating as 

 high as in the beginning. {Apache I.) 



Strike with right index, erect, from lips forward; repeat the move- 

 ment with emphasis, not returning to lips each time. {Apache III.) 

 "That is so." 



Run the finger straight out from the center or middle of the mouth. 

 {Zuni 1.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Nod the head several times with an earnest 

 look, in answer to an indication of doubt on another person's face. 

 {Ballard.) 



Deaf-mutes generally give the gesture of mo\ ing one finger straight 

 from the lips. " Straight-forward speaking." 



Try, To; To Attempt. 



With both fists (A, knuckles ontwai-d) in front of breast, the left a 

 little in rear of the right, move outward briskly and repeat the motion 

 two or three times. {Cheyenne II.) " Keep pushing." 



Right index, as ( Jf), carried to the right and to the left, and in front of 

 the body, when the hand is turned horizontal, finger pointing straight 

 outward, and theu the hand is drawn inward toward the bodj' and 

 slightly upward and theu thrown forward and downward, on a curve, 

 with a quick strong movement, so that the arm is fully extended in 

 front of the body, with finger horizontal and pointing outward. {Dakota 

 I.) "Anything it is I will try to do." 



