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Seize the nose with the thumb and forefinger. (The Prairie Traveler. 

 By Randolph B. Marcy, capta'n United States Army, p. 215. New 

 York, 1859.) 



Eub the right side of the nose with the forefinger : some call this tribe 

 the " Smellers," and make their sign consist of seizing the nose with 

 the thumb and forefinger. (Burton.) 



Finger to side of nose. (Macyowun.) 



Touch the left breast, thus imjdying what they call themselves, viz : 

 the " Good Hearts." (Arapaho I.) 



Hold the left hand, palm down, and fingers extended ; then with the 

 right hand, fingers extended, palm inward and thumb up, make a sud- 

 den stroke from left to right across the back of the fingers of the left 

 hand, as if cutting them oft', (iine, Fox, and KicTcapoo.) 



Join the ends of the fingers (the thumb included) of the right hand, 

 and, pointing toward the heart near the chest, throw the hand forward 

 and to the right once, twice, or many times, through an arc of about six 

 inches. (Dal-ota IV.) "Some say they use this sign because these In- 

 dians tattoo their breasts." 



Rub the side of the extended index against the right side of the nose. 

 [Kaiowa I; Comanche 111; Apachell; Wichita YL.) 



Collect the fingers and thumb of the right hand to a point, and tap 

 the tips upon the left breast briskly. (Comanche \l; Ute I.) "Good- 

 hearted." It was stated by members of the various tribes at Washington, 

 in 1880, that this sign is used to designate the Northern Arapahos, while 

 that in which the index rubs against, or passes upward alongside of 

 the nose, refers to the Southern Arapahos, the reasons given for which 

 will be I'eferred to in a future paper. 



Another: Close the right hand, leaving the index only extended ; then 

 rub it up and down, held vertically, against the side of the nose where 

 it joins the cheek. (Comanche II ; Ute I.) 



The fingers and thumb of the right hand are brought to a i^oint, and 

 tapped upon the right side of the breast. (IShoshoni and Banak I.) 



A§siiiaboin. 



Make the sign of Cutting: the throat. (Kutinel.) 



With the right hand flattened, form a curve by passing it from the top 

 of the chest to the pubis, the fingers pointing to the left, and the back for- 

 ward. ■ (Shoshoni and Banak I.) " Big bellies." • 



