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PHRASES. 



Where is your iiiollier ? 



After placing the index into the moutli (mother), point tbe index at 

 the individual addressed {your); then separate and extend the index and 

 second fingers of the right hand ; hold them, pointing forward, about 

 twelve or fifteen inches before the face, and move them from side to side, 

 eyes following the same direction (/ see) ; then throw the flat right hand 

 in a short curve outward to the right until the back points toward the 

 ground [not), and look inquiringly at the individual addressed. ( Ute I.) 

 "Mother your I see not; where is she?" 



Are yoii brave i 



Point to the person and malce sign for Brave, at same time looking 

 with an inquiring expression. {Absarola I; Shotihoni and Banak I.) 



BiiiiOii, I have fihot a. 



Move the open left hand (palm to the front) toward the left and away 

 from the body slowly (motion of the buffalo when chased). Move right 

 hand on wrist as axis, rapidly (man on pony chasing buffalo); then ex- 

 tend left hand to tlie left, draw right arm as if drawing a bow, snap the 

 forefinger and middle finger of left hand, anil thrust the right forefinger 

 over the left hand. {Omaha I.) 



Toil ijave iim many elothes, but ne don't want them. 



Lean forward, and, holding tlie hands concavo-convex, draw tliem up 

 over the limbs severally, then cross on the chest as wrapping a blanket. 

 The arms are then extended before the body, with the hands in type- 

 jiositioii {W), to a height indicating a large pile. The right hand then 

 sweeps outward, sliowing a negative state of mind. The index of right 

 hand finally touches tbe chest of the second partj' and aiiproaches the 

 body, in position (I), horizontal. {Oto and Missouri I.) "Something to 

 put on that I don't want from you." 



(|iie!«tion. 



Hold the extended and flattened right hand, palm forward, at the 

 height of the shoulder or face, and about fifteen inches from it, shaking 

 the hand from side to side (at the wrist) as the arm is slightly raised, 

 resembling the outline of an interrogation mark (1) made from below 

 upward. {Absarokal; i>flAote V, VI, VII ; Hidatsal; Kaiowal; An- 

 kara I; Comanche II, III; Pai-Ute I; Shoshoni and Banak I; Ute I; 

 Ai)ache I, II ; Wichita II.) 



What? What is it! 



First attract the person's notice by the sign for Attention, and 

 then the right-hand, fingers extended, pointing forward or outward, fin- 



