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so as to rub against its palm, then up on the other side of it. 

 The left hand here represents the low door of the skin lodge, 

 and the right, the man stooping down to pass in. 



10. Theft — The left fore arm is held horizontally, a 

 little forward or across the body, and the right hand passing 

 tinder it, with a quick motion, seems to grasp something, 

 and is suddenly withdrawn. 



11. Hunting — The fore finger is brought near the eye, 

 and placed in the attitude of pointing, it is then wagged from 

 side to side, the eye. following its devious motion, and seeming 

 to look in the direction indicated. Sometimes the hand is ex- 

 tended far before the eye, and the same motion is given to 

 the finger. 



12. Pretty — The fingers and thumb, so opposed as to form 

 h curve, are passed over the face nearly touching it, from 

 the forehead to the chin, then add the sign of Good, No. 42. 



13. Eating — The fingers and thumb are brought together 

 in opposition to each other, into something of a wedge shape, 

 and passed to and from the mouth four or five times, within 

 the distance of three or four inches of it; to imitate the ac- 

 tion of food passing to the mouth. 



14. Drinking, or xvater — The hand is partially clenched, so 

 as to have something of a cup shape, and the opening be- 

 tween the thumb and finger is raised to the mouth, as in the 

 act of drinking. If the idea of water only is to be conveyed, 

 the hand does not stop at the mouth but is continued above 

 it. 



15. Enough, or a belly full — The sign for eating is first 

 made, then the fore finger and thumb are opposed to each 

 other, so as to form a semicircular curve, which is elevated 

 along the body from the belly to the neck, in order to indi- 

 cate that the interior is filled with food up to that part. 



16. Squaw — The hands are passed from the top down 

 each side of the head, indicating the parting of the hair on 

 the top, and its flowing down each side. 



