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Ojibwa, or Chippewa. 



Right hand horizoutal, back outward, flugers separated, arched, tips 

 pointing inward, is; moved from right to left breast and generally over 

 the front of the body with a trembling motion and at the same time a 

 slight outward or forward movement of the hand as though drawing 

 something out of the body, and then make the sign for ITIail. [Dakota I.) 

 " Perhaps the tirst Chippewa Indian seen by a Sioux had an eruption on 

 his body, and from that his people were given the name of the ' People 

 with a. breaking-out,' by which name the Chippewas have ever been 

 known by the Sioux." 



Osiage, or lVa§aji. 



Pull at the eyebrows over the left eye with the thumb and forefinger 

 of the left hand. This sign is also used by the Osages themselves. 

 {Sac, Fox, and Kiclmpoo I.) 



Hold the flat right hand, back forward, with the edge pointing back- 

 ward, against the side of the head, then make re[)eated cuts, and the 

 hand is moved backward toward the occiput. (Kaiowa I; Comanche 

 III ; Apache II; Wichita II.) " Former custom of shaving the hair from 

 the sides of the head, leaving but an occipito-frontal ridge." 



Pass the flat and extended right hand backward over the right side 

 of the head, moving the index against the second finger in imitation of 

 cutting with a pair of scissors. [Comanche II.) "Represents the man- 

 ner of removing the hair from the sides of the head, leaving a ridge 

 only from tin; forehead to the occiput." 



Oiitagaiiii. See Fo\. 



Pai-rtes, Head Chief of the. 



Grasp the forelock with the right hand, palm backward; pass the 

 baud upward about six inches, and hold it in that position a moment. 



[Pai-Ute I.) " Big chief." 



Pai-Ute band, Ciiiel'or a. 



Make the gesture as for Pai-Hfe, Head Chief, but instead of 

 holding the hand above the head lay it down over the right temple, 

 resting it there a moment. [Pai-Ute I.) " Little chief." 



Paiii (Pawnee). 



Imitate a wolf's ears with the two forefingers of the right hand ex- 

 tended together, upright, on the left side of the head. [Burton.) 



Place a hand on eaeh side of the forehead, with two fingers pointing 

 to the front to represent the narrow, sharp ears of the wolf. [Marcy, 

 Prairie Traveler, loc. cit., p. 215.) 



First and second fingers of right hand, straight ui>ward and separated, 

 remaining fingers and thumb closed (as in ]\), like the ears of a small 

 wolf. [Dakota III.) 



