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Kutine. 



Place the iudex or secoucl finger of the right hand on each side of the 

 left index-finger to imitate riding a horse. (Kutine I.) 



Hold the left fist, palm njjward, at arm's length before the body, the 

 right as if grasping the bowstring and drawn back. [Shoshoni and 

 Banak I.) " From their peculiar manner of holding the long bow hori- 

 zontally in shooting." 



Ijipaii. 



With the index and second fingers only extended and separated, hold 

 the hand at arm's length to the front of the left side; draw it back in 

 distinct jerks; each time the hand rests draw the fingers back against 

 the inside of the thumb, and when the hand is again started on the next 

 movement backward snap the fingers to full length. This is repeated 

 five or six times during the one movement of the hand. The country 

 which the Lipans at one time occupied contained large ponds or lakes, 

 and along the shores of these the reptile was found which gave them 

 this characteristic appellation. (Kaiowa I; Comanche III; Apache II; 

 Wichita II.) "Frogs." 



ITIaiidaii. 



The first and second fingers of the right hand extended, separated 

 backs outward (other fingers and thumb closed), are drawn from the 

 left shoulder obliquely downward in front of the body to the right hip, 

 [Dalota I.) "The Mandan Indians are known to the Sioux as 'The 

 l)eople who wear a scarlet sash, with a train,' in the manner above de- 

 scribed." 



I?[e\icaii. See Vocabulary. 



ITIinitari. See HJdatJtia. 



]¥es:ro. See Vocabulary. 



Since the Vocabulary was printed the following has been received 

 from Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians in Washington, as the sign for 

 Hfe^r© as well as for Ute. Eub the back of the extended flat left hand 

 with the extended fingers of the right, then touch some black object. 

 Eepresents black skin. Although the same sign is generally used to 

 signify IVegTO, an addition is sometimes made as follows : place the 

 index and second fingers to the hair on the right side of the head, and 

 rub them against each other to signify Curly hair. This addition is 

 only made when the connection would cause a confusion between the 

 " black skin " Indian (Ute) and negro. 



'Xex Percys. See Saliaptin. 



Place the thumb and forefinger to the nostrils. {Kutine I.) 



