50 A STORY IN SIGNS. 



tion, — the men in council, (37) point toward the east with the index appar- 

 ently curving downward over the horizon, then gradually elevate it to an 

 altitude of 45°, — talked all night and until nine o'clock next morning, (38) bring 

 the closed hands, with forefingers extended, upward and forward from their 

 respective sides, and place them side by side, palms forward, in front, — my 

 brother, (39) followed by the gesture, No. 18, directed toward the left and 

 front, — rode, (40) by No. 7, — the head chief, (41) and No. 2, — camp. 



(42) Continue b) r placing the hands, slightly curved, palm to palm, 

 holding them about six inches below the right ear, the head being inclined 

 considerably in that direction, — one sleep {night), (43) make sign No. 14, — 

 white man, (44) raise the left hand to the level of the elbow forward from 

 the left hip, fingers pointing upward, thumb and forefinger closed, — three, 

 (45) and in this position draw them toward the body and slightly to the 

 right, — came, (46) then make gesture No. 42, — sleep; (47) point with the 

 right index to the eastern horizon, — in the morning, (48) make sign No. 

 14, — white man, (49), hold the left hand nearly at arm's length before the 

 body, back up, thumb and forefinger closed, the remaining fingers pointing 

 downward, — three, (50) with the right index-finger make gesture No. 35, 

 the movement being directed towards the left hand, — talked to them, (51) 

 motion along the ground with the left hand, from the body toward the left 

 and front, retaining the position of the. fingers just stated (in No. 49), — 

 they went, (52) tap toward the ground, as in gesture No. 6, with the left 

 hand nearly at arm's length, — to their camp. 



(53) Make gesture No. 18 toward the front, — / rode, (54) extend the 

 right hand to the left and front, and tap towards the earth several times as 

 in sign No. 6, having the fingers and thumb collected to a point, — camp of 

 the 'white men. (55) Close both hands, with the forefingers of each partly 

 extended and crooked, and place one on either side of the forehead, palms 

 forward, — cattle (a steer), (56) hold the left hand loosely extended, back for- 

 ward, about twenty inches before the breast, and strike the back of the 

 partly extended right hand into the left, — shot, (57) make a short upward 

 curved movement with both hands, their position unchanged, over and 

 downward toward the right, — -fell over, killed, (58) then hold the left hand a 

 short distance before the body at the height of the elbow, palm downward, 



