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BriiM. 



Rub the upper aud outer part of the rij>ht tUigli in a small circle with 

 the opeued right hand, liugers pointing downward. (Dctkota lY.) 

 " Tliese Indians, it is said, were once caught in a prairie fire, many 

 burned to death, and others badly burned about the thighs. Hence 

 the name Si-cau-gu (burnt thigh) and the sign." 



Brush the palm of the right hand over the riglit thigh, from near the 

 buttock toward the front of the middle third of the thigh. [Kuiowa I ; 

 Comanche III; Apache II ; Wichita II.) 



Ogalala. 



Fingers and tliumb separated, straiglit (as in R), and dotted about 

 over the face to rei)resent the marks made by the small-pox. {Dakota 

 III.) "This band sutlered from the disease many years ago." 



With the thumb over the ends of the fingers, hoUl the right hand 

 npriglit, its back forward, about six inches in front of the face, or on 

 one side of the nose near the face, and suddenly extend and spread all 

 the fingers (thumb included). {Dakota IV.) "The word Ogalala means 

 scattering or tlirowing at, and the Jiame was given them, it is said, after 

 a row in which they threw ashes into each other's faces." 



Flafliea<l, or Seli!^ll. 



One hand jjlaced on the top ot tlie head, and the other on tlie back of 

 the head. {Long.) 



Place the right hand to the toj) of tlie head. {Kutine I.) 



I'at the right side of the head above and back of the ear with the flat 

 right hand. {Shoshoni and Banak I.) From the elongation of the 

 occiput. 



Fox, or Oiitaganii. 



Same sign as for Sac. {>'Sac, Fo.r, and Kickapoo I.) 



Crroiii Ventre. See Hidatxa. 



Hiflatfiia, €ri*OJ« Tentre or jTIinitai'i. 



Both hands flat and extended, palms toward the body, with the tips 

 of the fingers pointing toward one another; pass from the top of the 

 chest downward, outward, and inward toward the groin. {Ahsaroka I; 

 Shoshoni and Banak I.) " l$ig belly." 



Left and right hands in front of breast, left placed in position first, 

 separated about four or five inches, left liand outside of the right, hori- 

 zontal, backs outward, fingers extended and pointing left and right; 

 strike the back of the riglit against the palni of the left several times, 

 and then make the sign for Go, Goiiig^. {Dakota I.) "The Gros 



