88 : REPORT—189U.

8. Deer.—Hands held up on both sides of head, at height of ears,
palms forward, open.

9. Deer running.—Fists held in front of breast, knuckles upward,
striking out alternately and horizontally full length of arms.

10. Doe.—Hands brought up to ears, thumb, third and fourth fingers
closed, first and second extended backward, touching one another, back
of hand upward.

11. Fish.—Hand stretched out, held horizontally in front of breast,
palm downward, moving in quick wandering motions in horizontal

lane.
: 12. Many fish.— Both hands held in the same way as last, one above
the other, but fingers slightly spread, both hands performing wandering
motions.

13. Gtrl.—Both hands, half opened, held not far from shoulders, palms
forward, then suddenly pulled back to shoulders.

14, Horse.—Thumb, third and fourth fingers closed, first and second.
extended horizontally, parallel to breast, touehing one another.

15. I do not understand.—Palms clapped on ears, then hands taken
off and shaken.

16. Lake.—Hands held before breast close together, fingers describe a
wide circle forward and back to breast.

17. Nightfall. Both hands held slightly bent in front of breast, palms
downward, then moved downward.

18. Noon.—Right hand closed, first finger extended, held up in front
of face.

19. Old man.—First Snger of right hand held up, slightly bent, the
other fingers being closed, indicating the bent back.

20. Quick.—Right arm pushed upward and forward, slightly to the
right, at the same time left fist striking breast,

21. Rider.—First and second fingers of right hand straddling the first
and second of the left, which is held in the position of ‘ horse.’

22. Rock.—Both fists held up in front of face, knuckles towards
body, struck together and separated again.

23. To run.—Elbows close to body, lower arms held horizontally,
hands closed.

24, Stop.—Hand raised, open palm forward, then shaken.

25. Sunrise—Right hand half opened, first finger slightly extended
upward, palm towards body, then moved upward.

26. Sunset.—First finger pointing downward in front of breast and
moved downward.

27. Trap.—Both palms elapped together.

28. Young man.—As ‘ Boy,’ but hands raised higher.

See also pp. 86, 87.

For indicating the direction in which a party travels, poles are planted
into the ground, pointing in that direction, or twigs of brushes or trees are
broken and pointed in the same way. A pole directed toward the part of the
sky where the sun stands at a certain hour indicates at what time some-
thing is to be done or has been done. Figures of men drawn on the sand
indicate how many have been killed by a war party. A number of hairs
from a horse’s mane indicate the number of horsemen that passed by.
Such messages are left particularly at crossings of trails.’

1 See Fifth Report, p. 40.