. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... Fig. 234. mallery.] ANTELOPE BAD. 411 In connection with the above signs Fig. 235 is presented, which wasdrawn by Running Antelope, an Uncpapa Dakota, as his personal totem,or proper name. Bad, mean. Make the sign for Good and then that of Not. (Long.) Close the hand, and open it whilst passing it downward. (Wied.)This is the same as my description; but differently worded, possiblynotes a less forcible form. I say, however, that the arm is precise direction in which the hand is moved is
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... Fig. 234. mallery.] ANTELOPE BAD. 411 In connection with the above signs Fig. 235 is presented, which wasdrawn by Running Antelope, an Uncpapa Dakota, as his personal totem,or proper name. Bad, mean. Make the sign for Good and then that of Not. (Long.) Close the hand, and open it whilst passing it downward. (Wied.)This is the same as my description; but differently worded, possiblynotes a less forcible form. I say, however, that the arm is precise direction in which the hand is moved is not, I think, essen-tial. (Matthews.) This sign is invariably accompanied by a countenanceexpressive of contempt. (F. Jacker.) Scatter the dexter fingers outward, as if spurting away water fromthem. (Burton.) (1) Right hand partially elevated, fingers closed, thumb clasping thetips; (2) sudden motion downward and outward accompanied by equallysudden opening of fingers and snapping of the fingers from the thumb.(Cheyenne II.) Right hand closed back to front is moved forcibly downward and fo
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