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Place the closed right to the side of the temple, palm forward, leaving 

 the index and second fingers extended and slightly separated, pointing 

 upward. This is ordinarily used, though, to be more explicit, both hands 

 may be used. {Kniowal; Comanche III; Ute I; Apache II; Wichita II.) 



Extend the index and second fingers of the right hand upward from 

 the right side of the head. {Comanche II.) 



Peiid d'Oreille, or Calispel. 



Make the motion of jjaddliug a canoe. {Kutine I.) 



Both fists are held as if grasping a paddle vertically downward and 

 working a canoe. Two strokes are made on each side of the body from 

 the side backwai'd. (Shoshoni and Banak I.) 



Pueblo. 



Place the clinched hand back of the occiput as if grasping the queue, 

 then place both fists in front of the right shoulder, rotating them slightly 

 to represent a loose mass of an imaginary substance. Ile])resents the 

 large mass of hair tied back of the head. This sign has been obtained 

 from Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians while this paper was passing 

 through the press. 



8ac, or 8auki. 



Pass the extended palm of the right hand over the right side of the 

 head from front to back, and the palm of the left hand in the same 

 manner over the left side of the head. {Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo I.) 

 " Shaved-headed Indians." 



Saliaptin, or ]\rez Percys. 



Close the right hand, leaving the index straight but flexed at right 

 angles with the palm; pass it horizontally to the left by and under the 

 nose. This sign is made by the Nez Forces for themselves, according 

 to Major Haworth. While this paper has been passing through the 

 press information has been received from Arapaho and Cheyenne In- 

 dians, now in Washington, that this sign is also used to designate the 

 Caddos, who practiced the same custom of perforating the nasal septum. 

 The same informants also state that the Shawnees are sometimes indi- 

 cated by the same sign. {Comanche II.) " Pierced nose." 



Pass the extended index, pointing toward the left, remaining fingers 

 and thumb closed, in front of and across the upper lip, just below the 

 nose. The second finger is also sometimes extended. {Shoshoni and 

 Banak I.) " From the custom of piercing the noses for the reception of 

 ornaments." The Sahaptin, however, have not had that custom since 

 being known to themselves. 



Satsika. See Blackieet. 



Selii^h. See Flathead. 



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