Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 430 pages of information about Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes.

Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 430 pages of information about Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes.

(22) Right hand carried across chest, hand extended, palm upward, fingers and thumb closed as if holding something.  Left hand in same position carried across the right, palm downward—­trade.

(23) Left hand upholding one finger, right pointing to me—­one white man.

(24) Right hand held horizontally, palm downward, about four feet from ground—­small.

(25) Forming rings before eyes with index and thumb—­eye-glasses.

(26) Right hand clinched, palm upward, in front of chest, thumb pointing inward—­gave one.

(27) Forming cup with right hand, simulating drinking—­drink.

(28) Right hand grasping chest repeatedly, fingers curved and spread—­strong.

(29) Both hands pressed to temple and head moved from side to side—­drunk, headache.

(30) Both index fingers placed together, extended, pointing forward—­together.

(31) Fingers interlaced repeatedly—­build.

(32) Left hand extended, fingers closed, pointing outward (vertically), right hand extended, fingers closed, placed slopingly against left—­camp.

(33) Both wrists placed against temples, hands curved upward and outward, fingers spread—­horns.

(34) Both hands horizontally lifted to height of shoulder, right arm extended gradually full length to the right, hand drooping a little at the end—­long back, moose.

(35) Both hands upright, palm outward, fingers extended and spread, placing one before the other alternately—­trees, forest, dense forest.

(36) Sign of cross—­Russian.

(37) Motions of shooting a gun—­shot.

(38) Sign for moose (Nos. 33, 34), showing two fingers of left hand—­two.

(39) Sign for camp as before (No. 10) camp.

(40) Right hand describing curve from east to west, twice—­two days.

(41) Left hand lifted height of mouth, back outward, fingers closed as if holding something; right hand simulating motion of tearing off and placing in mouth—­eating moose meat.

(42) Right hand placed horizontally against heart, fingers closed, moved forward a little and raised a little several times—­glad at heart.

(43) Fingers of left hand and index of right hand extended and placed together horizontally, pointing forward, height of chest.  Hands separated, right pointing eastward and left westward—­three men and speaker parted, going west and east.

(44) Pressing both arms against chest and shivering—­very cold.

(45) Drawing index of each hand around corresponding legs below the knee—­deep snow.

(46) Drawing imaginary line with index of right hand across each foot, just behind the toes—­snow shoes.

(47) Head lowered to right side into palm of hand three times—­slept three times.

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