388 Expedition to the 



along in a horizontal line with the edge downward, about 

 the height of the breast. 



83. Counting, or enumeration — The fingers and thumbs ex- 

 panded, count ten; in order to proceed with the enumera- 

 tion by tens, the hands mUst be clenched, and if again ex- 

 panded it counts twenty, and so on, the hands being clench- 

 ed between every ten. In order to indicate the digits, clench 

 the hands and extend the little finger of the left hand for 

 one, extend also the ring finger for two, and so on, the thumb 

 for five; these must remain extended, whilst the thumb of the 

 right is extended for six, &c. Any number within five, above 

 anv number of tens, is indicated by clenching the left hand 

 and crossing the right over it, with the requisite number 

 of fingers extended. For the number of sixteen, exhibit 

 the sign of ten and then extend four fingers, and the two 

 thumbs in the order of enumeration; for seventeen, proceed 

 by extending the fore finger of the right hand, and so on to 

 twenty. In this manner any sum can be denoted, always 

 holding the backs of the hands upward. When enumerating 

 a small number, where a considerable exertion of the me- 

 mory is requisite, the Indians extend the left hand with the 

 palm upward, whilst, with the index of the right, the fingers 

 are successively bent in to the palm, beginning as before with 

 the little finger, and the greater difficulty in recalling to mind 

 the numbers or events, the more apparent resistance is offer- 

 ed to the inflexion of the finger. 



84. A ChieJ — The fore finger of the right hand extended, 

 pass it perpendicularly downward, then turn it upward, and 

 raise it in a right line as high as the head. 



85. Bad — Make the sign of good (No. 42), and then that 

 of not, (No. 65.) 



86. Gun — Hold out the left hand, as in the act of support- 

 ing the gun when directed horizontally, and with the right 

 appear to cock it. 



87. Gun-powder — Appear to take up a pinch of the powder, 



