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Come back ! 



Gather or Knisp the left side of the uubuttoiied coat (or blauket) with 

 the right haad, and, either standing or sitting in position so tliat the 

 signal can be seen, wave it to the left and right as often as may be 

 necessary for the sign to be recognized. Wlien made standing the per- 

 son should not move his body. {Dakota I.) 



Dangler. See also notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho signals. 



Horseman at a distance, galloping, passing and repassing, and cross- 

 ing each other — enemy eomes. But for notice of herd of buffalo, they 

 gallop back and forward abreast — do not cross each other. ( Views of 

 Lniiiniana, by H. M. Brackenridge, p. 2.30, Pittsburgh, 1814.) 



Eiding rapidly round in a circle. " Danger! Get together as quickly 

 as possible." (The Plains of the Great West, &c., by Richard Irving 

 Dodge, lieutenant-colonel United States Army, p. 3G8, New York, 



1877.) 



Discovery of enemies, or of other game than biifTalo. 



See also notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho signals. 

 When enemies are discovered, or other game than buffalo, the senti- 

 nel waves his blanket over his head up and down, holding an end in 

 each hand. {Omahal; Ponlal.) 



Drill, JVIiiitarv. 



It is done by signals, devised after a system of the Indian's own in- 

 vention, and communicated iu various ways. 



Wonderful as the statement may appeal', the signaliug on a bright 

 day, when the sun is in the proper direction, is done with a piece of 

 looking-glass held in the hollow of the hand. The reflection of the sun's 

 rays thrown on the ranks communicates iu some mysterious way the 

 wishes of the chief. Once stauding on a little kuoll, overlooking the 

 valley of the South I'latte, I witnessed almost at my feet a drill of 

 about one hundred warriors by a Sioux chief, who sat on his horse on a 

 knoll opposite me, and about two hundred yards from his command in 

 the plain below. For more tliau half an hour he commanded a drill, 

 which for variety and promptness of action could not be equaled by 

 any civilized cavalry of the world. All I could see was an occasional 

 movement of the right arm. He himself afterwards told me that he 

 used a looking-glass. {The Plains of the Great West, &c., by Richard 

 Irving Dodge, lieutenant-colonel United States Army, pp. 307, 308. 

 New York, 1877.) 



Halt! $tand there! He is coming^ that way. 



Grasp the eud of the blauket or robe; wave it downward several 

 times. {Omaha I.) 



