. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... body, palms down,and pass them horizontally outward toward their respect-ive sides, then makethe sign for Chief.{Ankara 1.) Chiefof the wide region andthose upon it. After pointing outthe man, point to theground, all fingersclosed except first(J 1, pointing down-ward in stead of up-ward), then point up-ward with same hand^Pf (J 2), then move hand fig. 244. t0 a point in front ofbody, fingers extended, palm down-ward (W 1), andmove around hori-zontally. (Sahaptin I.) In thisplace he is head over all.
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... body, palms down,and pass them horizontally outward toward their respect-ive sides, then makethe sign for Chief.{Ankara 1.) Chiefof the wide region andthose upon it. After pointing outthe man, point to theground, all fingersclosed except first(J 1, pointing down-ward in stead of up-ward), then point up-ward with same hand^Pf (J 2), then move hand fig. 244. t0 a point in front ofbody, fingers extended, palm down-ward (W 1), andmove around hori-zontally. (Sahaptin I.) In thisplace he is head over all. Grasp the forelock with the right hand, palm backward, pass the handupward about six inches and hold it in that position a moment. (Pai-Ute I.) Fig 245. Elevate the extended index vertically above and in front of the head,holding the left hand, forefinger pointing upward, from one to two feetbelow and underneath the right, the position of the left, either elevatedor depressed, also denoting the relative position of the second individualto that of the chief. {Apache I.) , War. - ? . <. Kg. 245. Head of a war party; Partisan. First make the sign of the pipe; then open the thumb and index fingerof the right hand, back of the hand outward, moving it forward andupward in a curve. ( Wied.) For remarks upon this sign see page 384. HEAD CHIEF WAR CHIEF. 419 Place the right hand, index only extended and pointing forward andupward, before the right side of the breast nearly at arms length, thenplace the left hand, palm forward with fingers spread and extended,midway between the breast and the right hand. {Arapdho II; Chey-enne V; Porika II; Pani I.) First make the sign for Battle, viz: Both hands (A 1) brought to themedian line of the body on a level with the breast and close together;describe with both hands at the same time a series of circular move-ments of small circumference; and then add the sign for Chief. (Da-kota I.) First in battle. of a band. Point toward the left and front
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