. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... t of and across the upper lip, just below thenose. The second finger is also sometimes extended. (Shoshoni andBanal- I.) From the custom of piercing the noses for the reception ofornaments. See p. 345 for remarks upon the signs for Sahaptin. Satsika. See Blackfeet. Selish. See Flathead. Sheepeater. See under Shoshoni. Shawnee. See remarks under Sahaptin. Shoshoni, or Snake. The forefinger is extended horizontally and passed along forward ina serpentine line. {Long.) Eight hand closed, palm down, plac
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... t of and across the upper lip, just below thenose. The second finger is also sometimes extended. (Shoshoni andBanal- I.) From the custom of piercing the noses for the reception ofornaments. See p. 345 for remarks upon the signs for Sahaptin. Satsika. See Blackfeet. Selish. See Flathead. Sheepeater. See under Shoshoni. Shawnee. See remarks under Sahaptin. Shoshoni, or Snake. The forefinger is extended horizontally and passed along forward ina serpentine line. {Long.) Eight hand closed, palm down, placed in front of the right hip; ex-tend the index and push it diagonallytoward the left front, rotating it quicklyfrom side to side in doing so. {AbsarokaI; Shoshoni and BanaJc I.) 297. :..* Eight hand, horizontal, flat, palm down-ward (W), advanced to the front by a mo-tion to represent the crawling of a snake.{Dakota III.) With the right index pointing forward,the hand is to be moved forward about a. foot in a sinuous manner, to imitate theAlso made by the Arapahos. {Dakota IV.). Fig. 297. crawling of a snake. Place the closed right hand, palm down, in front of the right hip; ex-tend the index, and move it forward and toward the left, rotating thehand and finger from side to side in doing so. {Kaioiva I; ComancheII, III; Apache II; Wichita II.) Make the motion of a serpent with the right finger. {Kutine I.) maixery.] SHOSHONI TENNANAH UTE. 475 Close the right hand, leaving the index only extended and pointingforward, palm to the left, then move it forward and to the left. (Pai-Vte I.) The rotary motion of the hand does not occur in this description,which in this respect differs from the other authorities. , Sheepeater. Tukuarikai. Both hands, half closed, pass from the top of the ears backward, down-ward, and forward, in a curve, to represent a rams horns; then, with theindex only extended and curved, place the hand above and in front ofthe mouth, back toward the fac
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