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15. A letter from J. W. Powell, esq., Indian superintendent, British 

 Columbia, relating to his observations among the Kutine and others. 



16. A special list from Dr. Charles E. McChesney, Acting Assistant 

 Surgeon United States Army, of signs collected among the Dakotas (Sioux) 

 near Fort Bennett, Dakota, during the present winter. 



17. A communication from Rev. James A Gilfillan, White Earth, 

 Minn., relating to signs observed among the Ojibwas during his long period 

 of missionary duty, still continuing. 



1 8. A communication from Brevet Col. Richard I. Dodge, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Twenty-third Infantry, United States Army, author of " The 

 Plains of the Great West and their Inhabitants," &c, relating to his large 

 experience with the Indians of the prairies. 



19. A list contributed by Rev. G. L. Deffenbaugh, of Lapwai, Idaho, 

 giving signs obtained at Kamiah, and used by the Sahaptin or Nez Perce's. 



20. Information obtained by Dr. W. J. Hoffmann, in assisting the pres- 

 ent writer, from Natshes, a Pah-Ute chief, who was one of a delegation of 

 that tribe to Washington, in January, 1880. 



21. Information from Major J. M. Haworth, special agent of the In- 

 dian Bureau, relating to the Comanches. 



The adjunction to the descriptions of the name of the particular author, 

 contributor, or person from whom they are severally taken (a plan which 

 will be pursued in the final publication) not only furnishes evidence ot 

 authenticity, but indicates the locality and time of observation. 



INSTANCES OF DIVERSE CONCEPTIONS AND EXECUTIONS. 



Some examples have been selected of diverse conceptions and execu- 

 tions for the same object or thought. 



Chief. Seven distinct signs. 



1. Forefinger of right hand extended, passed perpendicularly down- 

 ward, then turned upward in a right line as high as the head. (Long.) 

 " Rising above others." 



2. With forefinger of right hand, of which the other fingers are closed, 

 pointing up, back to forehead, describe the flight of an arrow shot up and 

 turning down again, allowing the hand to drop, the finger pointing clown 

 until about the middle of the body. (BrisUn.) Same idea of superior 



