PROPER NAMES, PHRASES, 

 DIALOGUES, ETC. 



PROPER NAMES. 



Presiilent of the ITnitecl States; Secretary of the In- 

 terior. 



Close the right liaud, leaving the thumb and index fully extended 

 and separated; place the index over the forehead so that the thuudi 

 points to the right, palm toward the face; then draw the index across 

 the forehead toward the right; then elevate the extended index, point- 

 ing upward before the shoulder or neck; pass it upward as high as 

 the top of the head ; make a short turn toward the front and pass it 

 pointing downward toward the ground, to a point farther to the front 

 and a littlelower than at the beginning. [Absaroka 1; Dakota VI, VII; 

 ShoshoHt and Banak I; Ute I; Apache I.) "White [man] chief." 



Make the same signs for White man and Chief, and conclude 

 by making that for Parent by collecting the lingers and thumb of 

 the right hand nearly to a point and drawing them forward fi'om the 

 left breast. (Kaioiva 1; Comanche III; A2)ache II; Wichita II.) "White 

 man; chief; father." 



Washington, City of. 



The sign for Go ; the sign for House or Wig'vrani ; the sign for 

 Cars, and the sign for Council. The sign for Fatiier is briefly 

 executed by passing the open hand down and from the loins, then bring- 

 ing it erect before the body ; then the sign for Cars, combined of do 

 and Wag'on, making with the mouth the noise of an engine; the 

 hands then raised before the eyes and approximated at points, as in the 

 sign for House ; then diverge to indicate Extensive ; this being 

 followed by the sign for Council. (Oto and Missouri I.) " The home 

 of our fathers, where we go on the puffing wagon to council." 



ITIissouri River. 



Make the sign for "Water and the sign for I^arge, and then rapidly 

 rotate the right hand from right to left several times, its back ujiward, 

 fingers spread and pointing forward to show that it is stirred up or muddy. 

 {Dakota IV.) 



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