390 Expedition to the 



99. Surprise, or astonishment — Is indicated by placing the 

 hand upon the mouth, to show that language is inadequate 

 to communicate their sensations. 



100. Calumet Dance — The hand extended with the edge 

 upward, and with the arm waved sideways, with a motion 

 like that of a swing. 



101. Beaver trap — The two fore fingers brought suddenly 

 together, in a parallel manner, so as to represent the snap- 

 ping of the steel trap. 



102. Stone — Close the right hand, and strike the palm of 

 the left hand two or three times with it. 



103. Give it to me — The hand extended in a pointing po- 

 sition towards the object in request, then brought towards 

 the body with the finger raised vertically, and laid against 

 the breast. 



104. Mountains — When speaking of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, Tarrarecawaho, held up the fingers of his left hand, a 

 little diverging from each other; and to convey the idea of 

 the streams flowing from them, he placed the index finger of 

 his right hand alternately between each two of them, and 

 drew it away in a serpentine manner. 



The following signs are extracted from an essay by Wil- 

 liam Dunbar, Esq., published in the sixth volume of the 

 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. It will 

 be observed that some of them differ essentially from those 

 which we obtained, and that we have omitted ten of them 

 which correspond with those we have given. 



While — With the under side of the fingers of the right 

 hand, rub gently upon that part of the left hand which cor- 

 responds with the knitting of the bones of the fore finger and 

 thumb. 



Egg — The right hand held up with the fingers and thumb 

 extended, and approaching each other as if holding an egg 

 within. 



The same, or similar to what went before — Place the two fore 

 fingers parallel to each other, and push them forward a little. 



