First and second fingers of right hand, straight upward and separated, remaining fingers and thumb closed (as in N), like the ears of a small wolf. (Dakota III.)

Place the closed right hand to the side of the temple, palm forward leaving the index and second fingers extended and slightly separated, pointing upward.  This is ordinarily used, though, to be more explicit, both hands may be used. (Kaiowa I; Comanche III; Ute I; Apache II; Wichita II.) For illustration see Fig. 336, facing page 531.

PEND D’OREILLE, OR CALISPEL.

Make the motion of paddling a canoe. (Kutine I.)

[Illustration:  Fig. 295.]

Both fists are held as if grasping a paddle vertically downward and working a canoe.  Two strokes are made on each side of the body from the side backward. (Shoshoni and Banak I.) Fig. 295.

PUEBLO.

Place the clinched hand back of the occiput as if grasping the queue, then place both fists in front of the right shoulder, rotating them slightly to represent a loose mass of an imaginary substance.  Represents the large mass of hair tied back of the head. (Arapaho II; Cheyenne V.)

REE.  SEE ARIKARA.

SAC, OR SAUKI.

Pass the extended palm of the right hand over the right side of the head from front to back, and the palm of the left hand in the same manner over the left side of the head. (Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo I.) “Shaved-headed Indians.”

SAHAPTIN, OR NEZ PERCES.

The right index, back outward, passed from right to left under the nose.  Piercing the nose to receive the ring. (Creel; Dakota I.)

Place the thumb and forefinger to the nostrils. (Kutine I.)

[Illustration:  Fig. 296.]

Close the right hand, leaving the index straight but flexed at right angles with the palm; pass it horizontally to the left by and under the nose. (Comanche II.) “Pierced nose.”  Fig. 296.  This sign is made by the Nez Perces for themselves, according to Major Haworth.  Information was received from Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians, who visited Washington in 1880, that this sign is also used to designate the Caddos, who practiced the same custom of perforating the nasal septum.  The same informants also state that the Shawnees are sometimes indicated by the same sign.

Pass the extended index, pointing toward the left, remaining fingers and thumb closed, in front of and across the upper lip, just below the nose.  The second finger is also sometimes extended. (Shoshoni and Banak I.) “From the custom of piercing the noses for the reception of ornaments.”

See p. 345 for remarks upon the signs for Sahaptin.

SATSIKA.  SEE BLACKFEET.

SELISH.  SEE FLATHEAD.

SHEEPEATER.  SEE UNDER SHOSHONI.

SHAWNEE.  SEE REMARKS UNDER SAHAPTIN.