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 Shawnee. See Nex Percys. 



$liO!«lioni, or Snake. (Compare Comanche.) 



The forelinger is extended horizontally and i)a.ssed along forward in 

 a serpentine line. {Long.) 



Eight hand closed, palm down, placed in front of the right hip; ex- 

 tend the index and push it diagonally toward the left front, rotating it 

 qnickly from side to side in doing so. {Absaroka I; Shoshoni and Banak 

 I.) "Snake." 



Eight hand, horizontal, flat, palm downward (W), advanced to the 

 front by a motion to represent the crawling of a snake. (Dakota III. 



With the right index i)ointing forward, the hand is to be moved for) 

 ■ward about a foot in a sinuous manner, to imitate the crawling of a 

 snake. {Dakota IV.) 



Make the motion of a serpent with the right finger. {Kutine I.) 



Place the closed right hand, ])alni down, in front of the right hip ; 

 extend the index, and move forward and toward the left, rotating the 

 hand and finger from side to side in doing so. {Kaiowa I ; Gomanehe 

 III; Apache U; Wichita 11.) 



Place the closed right hand, palm down, in front of the right hip; 

 extend the index, move it forward and toward the left, rotating the 

 hand and index in doing so. {Comanche II.) 



Close the right hand, leaving the index only extended and pointing 

 forward, palm to the left, then move it forward and to the left. The 

 rotary motion of the hand does not occur in this, as in the same sign given 

 by other tribes for Sho»»honi or Snake. {Pai-Utel.) 



Sheepeater. (Tukuarikai.) 



Both hands, half closed, pass from the top of the ears backward, down- 

 ward, and forward, in a curve, to represent a ram's horns ; then, with the 

 index only extended and curved, place the hand above and in front of 

 the mouth, back toward the face, and pass it downward and backward 

 several times. {IShoshoni and Banalc I.) " Sheep," and "to eat." 



life. 



"They who live on mountains" have a complicated sign which denotes, 

 "living iu mountains" and is composed of the signs Sit and ITIoiint- 

 ain. {Burton.) 



Left hand horizontal, flat, palm downward, and with the fingers of 

 the right hand brush the other toward the wrist. {Dakota III.) 



Place the flat and extended left hand at the height of the elbow befoi'e 

 the body, pointing to the front and right, palm toward the ground; then 



