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Queiiitioii. (I do uot know you. Who are you?) 



After halting a party coming : Eight hand raised, palm in front aud 

 slowly moved to the right and left. [Answered by tribal sign] (Marcy's 

 Prairie Traveler, loc. ciL, 214.) 



To inquire if coming party is peaceful. 



Eaise both hands, grasped in the manner of shaking hands, or by lock- 

 ing tlie two forefingers firmly while the hands are held up. If friendly 

 they will respond with the same signal. (Marcy's lV«me Traveler, loc. 

 cit, 214.) 



Whence come you '? 



First the sign for IToil, then the hand extended open and drawn to 

 the breast, and lastly the sign for Bringing'. (Dioihar.) 



$iil>nii!>>!i«ion. 



The United States steamer Saranac in 1871, cruising in Alaska waters, 

 dropped anchor in July, 1874, in Freshwater Harbor, back of Sitka, in 

 latitude 59° north. An armed party landed at a T'linkit village de- 

 serted by all the inhabitants except one old man and two women, the 

 latter seated at the feet of the former. The man was in great fear, 

 turned his back and held up his hands as a sign of utter helplessness. 

 (Extract from notes kindly furnished by LieutenautComraander Wm. 

 Bainbridge Hoff, U. S. N., who was senior aid to Rear- Admiral Pennock, 

 on the cruise mentioned.) 



Surrender. 



The palm of the hand is held toward the person [to whom the surren- 

 der is made]. [Loiuj.) 



SIGNALS IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE USED IN CON- 

 NECTION WITH PERSONAL ACTION. 



Bnflhlo iliscovereil. See also notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho 



signs. 

 When the Ponkas or Omahas discover buffalo tlie watcher stands 

 erect on the hill, with his face toward the camp, holding his blanket 

 with an end in each hand, his arms being stretched out (right and left) 

 on a line with shoulders. [Omaha I ; Ponlm I.) 



Come ! To beckon to a person. 



Hold out the lower edge of the robe or blanket, then wave it in to the 

 legs. This is made when there is a desire to avoid general observation. 

 [Matthews.) 



