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hands assnnie position (K 1) modified by being horizontal. The index- 

 lingers are then approximated and rubbed together at palmar points. 

 (Oto and Missouri I.) 



Vest. See Clothing:. {DcdotalY.) 



Vain. 



Caunot be separated from Proud, Pride. (Dal-ota I.) 



Deaf-mute natural sign. — Move the fingers of both hands up and down. 

 (Zeigler.) 



Pnrse-proud. 



Italian sif/n. — Both hands stuck in the pocket. (Ballard.) 



Vermillion. See Color. 



Villag'e (Indian). (Compare Kettle.) 



Phice the open thumb and forefinger of each hand opposite to each 

 other, as if to make a circle, but leaving between them a small interval ; 

 afterward move them from above downward simultaneously. ( Wied.) 

 There is no similarity in execution of the (Oto and Missouril) sign aud 

 that of TTJe^?'s, nor in their conception, as the village is not surrounded 

 by a stockade. [Boteler.) The villages of the tribes with which the 

 author was longest resident, particularlj- the Mandans and Arikaras, 

 were surrounded by a strong circular stockade, spaces or breaks in the 

 circle being left for entrance or exit. 



Repetitions of the sign for Lodsr^^ or that sign and that for i^Iany. 



[Arapalw I.) 



Partly extend the tips of fingers of both hands, slightly cross the 

 hands i>eri)endicular in front of breast, then describe a circle by a slight 

 circular move of the hands and wrists, palms inside, and drop the hands 

 a little, and in both descriptions point to the direction of the village, 

 and repeat .several times the form sign within reach of the arms and 

 hand when a village is described, and but once if only one house is to 

 be described, saying Wi(j-wam! (Ojibwa IV.) 



First make the sign for Lodg'e, tipi, aud then the sign for 

 ITIany. (Dal-ota 1,IY.) "Many tipis." 



The arms are elevated and the hands approximated at the finger tips 

 before the face ; the hands and arms then diverge from points of con- 

 tact to form the triangular representation of the wigwam door; the 

 sign for wigwam or house being thus completed, the right fist, in type- 

 position (A), marks the same successively around the subject's position 

 on the ground. (Oto and Missouril.) "Many houses collected in one 

 locality." 



