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Show A STORY IN SIGNS. 47 with the forefinger and thumb of his right hand, rolling the hair several times between the fingers,- No black man in heaven. Then rubbing the back of his hand and making the negative sign, rubbing the back of my hand arid making the negative sign, feeling of one of his hairs with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, and making the negative sign, then using both hands as if he were reaching around a hogshead, he brought the forefinger of his right hand to the front in an upright position after their manner of counting, and said thereby,- No Indian, no white man, no black man, all one. Making the " hogshead" sign, and that for " look," he placed the forefinger of each hand side by side pointing upward,- All look the same, or alike. Running his hands over his wild Indian costume and over my clothes, he made the " hogshead" sign, and that for " same," and said thereby,- All dress alike there. Then making the " hogshead" sign, and that for " love" ( hugging his hands), he extended both hands outward, palms turned downward, and made a sign exactly similar to the way ladies smooth a bed in making it; this is the sign for " happy,"- All will be happy alike there. He then made the sign for " talk," and for " Father," pointing to himself and to me,- You pray for me. He then made the sign for " go away" pointing to me, he threw right hand over his right shoulder so his index-finger pointed behind him,- You go away. Calling his name he made the sign for " look" and the sign of negation after pointing to me,- Kin CM- ess see you no more. The following, which is presented as a better descriptive model, was obtained by Dr. W. J. HOFFMAN, of the Bureau of Ethnology, from N& tshes, the Pah- Ute chief connected with the delegation before mentioned, and refers to an expedition made by him by direction of his father, Winne-mucca, Head Chief of the Pah- Utes, to the northern camp of his tribe, partly for the purpose of preventing the hostile outbreak of the Bannocks which occurred in 1878, and more particularly to prevent those Pah- Utes from being drawn into any difficulty with the authorities by being leagued with the Bannocks. |
