. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... Fig. 294. Mandan. The first and second fingers of the right hand extended, separated,backs outward, other fingers and thumb closed, are drawn from theleft shoulder obliquely downward in front of the body to the right liip.(Dakota I.) The Mandan Indians are known to the Sioux as Thepeople who wear a scarlet sash, with a train, in the manner above de-scribed. Minitakt. See Pekoes. See Saiiaptin. 472 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Ojibwa, or Chippewa. Eight hand horizontal, back
. Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ... Fig. 294. Mandan. The first and second fingers of the right hand extended, separated,backs outward, other fingers and thumb closed, are drawn from theleft shoulder obliquely downward in front of the body to the right liip.(Dakota I.) The Mandan Indians are known to the Sioux as Thepeople who wear a scarlet sash, with a train, in the manner above de-scribed. Minitakt. See Pekoes. See Saiiaptin. 472 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Ojibwa, or Chippewa. Eight hand horizontal, back outward, fingers separated, arched, tipspointing inward, is moved from right to left breast and generally overthe front of the body with a trembling motion and at the same time aslight outward or forward movement of the hand as though drawingsomething out of the body, and then make the sign for Man, viz: Theright-hand is held in front of the right breast with the forefiuger ex-tended, straight upright (J), with the back of the hand outward; movethe hand upward and downward with finger ext
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