. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... from the early traders, the first white men met by the West-ern tribes, and the expression extends even to the Sahaptins on theYakama Eiver, where it appears incorporated in their language asswiapoin. It must have penetrated to them through the Shoshoni. Cross the index fingers. (Macgowan.) Cross the forefingers at right angles. (Arapaho I.) Both hands, palms facing each other, forefingers extended, crossedright above left before the breast. (Cheyenne II.) The left hand, with forefinger extended, poi
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... from the early traders, the first white men met by the West-ern tribes, and the expression extends even to the Sahaptins on theYakama Eiver, where it appears incorporated in their language asswiapoin. It must have penetrated to them through the Shoshoni. Cross the index fingers. (Macgowan.) Cross the forefingers at right angles. (Arapaho I.) Both hands, palms facing each other, forefingers extended, crossedright above left before the breast. (Cheyenne II.) The left hand, with forefinger extended, pointing toward the right(rest of fingers closed), horizontal, back outward, otherwise as (M), isheld in front of left breast about a foot; and tho right hand, with fore-finger extended (J), in front of and near the right breast, is carried out-ward and struck over the top of the stationary left ( + ) crosswise, whereit remains tor a moment. (Dakota I.) Hold the extended left index about a foot in front of the breast, point-ing obliquely forward toward tho right, and lay the extended right in.
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