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Kagie Bull (a Dakota chief). 



Place the clinched fists to either side of the head ; then extend the 

 left hand, tlat, palm down, before the left side, fingers pointing forward ; 

 the outer edge of the flat and extended right hand is then laid trans- 

 versely across the back of the left hand, and slid forward over the fingers. 

 {Dal-ota VI; Arilcara I.) "Bull and eagle — ^Haliaetus leucocephalus, 

 {Linn.) SnvP'' 



Rii!!>liiiig' Bear (a Dakota chief). 



Place the right fist in front of the right side of the breast, palm down ; 

 extend and curve the thumb and little finger so that their tips point 

 toward one another before the knuckles of the remaining closed fingers, 

 then reach forward a short distance and pull toward the body several 

 times rather quickly; suddenly push the fist, in this form, forward to 

 arm's length twice. (7>«Ao^(( VI; Angara I.) "Bear and rushing." 



Spotted Tail (a Dakota chief). 



With the index only of the right hand extended, indicate a line or 

 curve from the sacrum (or from the right buttock) downward, backward, 

 and outward toward the left; then extend the left forefinger, pointing 

 forward from the left side, and with the extended index draw imaginary 

 lines transversely across the left forefinger. [Ahmrolca I ; Shoshoni I ; 

 JMAo^rtVI, VII; Ankara I.) "Tail; spotted." 



Stniiibliiig' Bear (a Kaiowa chief). 



Place the right fist in front of the right side of the breast, palm down; 

 extend and curve the thumb and little finger so that their tips point 

 toward one another before the knuckles of the remaining closed fingers ; 

 then place the left flat hand edgewise before the breast, pointing to the 

 right ; hold the right hand flat pointing down nearer the body ; move 

 it forward toward the left, so that the right-hand fingers strike the left 

 palm and fall downward beyond the left. {Kaiowa I.) "Bear; stumble 

 or stumbling." 



Swiit Runner (a Dakota Indian). 



Place the right hand iu front of the right side, palm down ; close all 

 the fingers excepting the index, which is slightly curved, pointing for- 

 ward; then push the hand forward to arm's length twice, very quickly. 

 {DahotaVL; Arilcaral.) " Man running rapidly or swiftly." 



'Wild Hor!!>e (a Comanche chief). 



Place the extended and separated index and second fingers of the 

 right hand astraddle the extended forefinger of the left hand. With 

 the right hand loosely extended, held as uigh as and nearly at arm's 

 length before the shoulder, make several cuts downward and toward the 

 left. {Comanche III.) " Prairie or wild horse." 



