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Show A STORY JN SIGNS. 49 toward the extreme right,- went, ( 18) extend the forefinger of the closed left hand, and place the separated fore and second fingers of the right astraddle the forefinger of the left, and make a series of arched or curved movements toward the right,- rode horseback, ( 19) keeping the hands in their relative position, place them a short distance below the right ear, the head being inclined toward that side,- sleep, ( 20) repent the signs for riding ( No. 18) and sleeping ( No. 19) three times,-; four days and nights, ( 21) make sign No. 18, and stopping suddenly point toward the east with the extended index- finger of the right ( others being closed) and follow the course of the sun until it reaches the zenith,- arrived at noon of the fifth dag ( 22) Indicate a circle as in No. 2,- a camp, ( 23) the hands then placed together as in No. 3, and in this position, both moved in short irregular upward and downward jerks from side to side,- many wick'- i- ups, ( 24) then indicate the chief of the tribe as in No. 7,- meaning that it was one of the camps of the chief of the tribe. • ( 25) Make a peculiar whistling sound of " phew" and draw the extended index of the right hand across the throat from left to right,- Bannock, ( 26) draw an imaginary line with the same extended index, pointing toward the ground, from the right to the body,- came from the north, ( 27) again make gesture No. 2,- camp, ( 28) and follow it twice by sign given as No. 18 ( forward from the body, but a short distance),- two rode. ( 29) Eub the back of the right hand with the extended index of the left,- Indian, i. e., the narrator's own tribe, Pah- Ute, ( 30) elevate both hands side by side before the breast, palms forward, thumbs touching, then, after a short pause, close all the fingers and thumbs except the two outer fingers of the right hand,- twelve, ( 31) again place the hands side by side with fingers all spread or separated, and move them in a horizontal curve toward the right,- went out of camp, ( 32) and make the sign given as No. 25,- Bannock, ( 33) that of No. 2,- camp, ( 34) then join the hands as in No. 31, from the right towards the front,- Pah- Utes returned, ( 35) close the right hand, leaving the index only extended, move it forward and downward from the mouth three or four times, pointing forward, each time ending the movement at a different point,- I talked to them, ( 36) both hands pointing upward, fingers and thumbs separated, palms facing and about four inches apart, held in front of the body as far as possible in that posi- 4 s L. |
