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toward the extreme right, — went, (18) extend the forefinger of the closed 

 left hand, and place the separated fore and second fingers of the right 

 astraddle the forefinger of the left, and make a series of arched or curved 

 movements toward the right, — rode horseback, (19) keeping the hands in 

 their relative position, place them a short distance below the right ear, the 

 head being inclined toward that side, — sleep, (20) repeat the signs for riding 

 (No. 18) and sleeping (No. 19) three times,— -four dags and nighls, (21) make 

 sign No. 18, and stopping suddenly point toward the east with the extended 

 index-finger of the right (others being closed) and follow the course of the 

 sun until it reaches the zenith, — arrived at noon of the fifth dag 



(22) Indicate a circle as in No. 2, — a camp, (23) the hands then placed 

 together as in No. 3, and in this position, both moved in short irregular 

 upward and downward jerks from side to side, — mang wick' -i-ups, (24) then 

 indicate the chief of the tribe as in No. 7, — meaning that it was one of the 

 camps of the chief of the tribe. (25) Make a peculiar whistling sound of 

 "phew" and draw the extended index of the right hand across the throat 

 from left to right, — Bannock, (26) draw an imaginary line with the same 

 extended index, pointing toward the ground, from the right to the body, — 

 came from the north, (27) again make gesture No. 2, — camp, (28) and follow 

 it twice by sign given as No. 18 (forward from the body, but a short dis- 

 tance), — two rode. (29) Hub the back of the right hand with the extended 

 index of the left, — Indian, i. e., the narrator's own tribe, Pah-Ute, (30) ele- 

 vate both hands side by side before the breast, palms forward, thumbs 

 touching, then, after a short pause, close all the fingers and thumbs except 

 the two outer fingers of the right hand, — twelve, (31) again place the hands 

 ide by side with fingers all spread or separated, and move them in a hori- 

 zontal curve toward the right, — went out of camp, (32) and make the sign 

 given as No. 25, — BannocL; (33) that of No. 2, — camp, (34) then join the 

 hands as in No. 3 1 , from the right towards the front, — Pah- Utcs returned, (35) 

 close the right 'hand, leaving the index only extended, move it forward and 

 downward from the mouth three or four times, pointing forward, each time 

 ending the movement at a different point, — I talked to them, (36) both hands 

 pointing upward, fingers and thumbs separated, palms facing and about 

 four inches apart, held in front of the body as far as possible in that posi- 

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