ANALYSIS.

Shu’-wu-to | do’-i’.
(1)     |   (2)
water    | give me.

The following was also obtained by Dr. W.J.  HOFFMAN from Ta-ta[n]-ka Wa-ka[n], before referred to, at the time of his visit to Washington.

[Illustration:  Fig. 303.]

I AM GOING HOME.

(1) Touch the breast with the extended index—­I, (2) then pass it in a downward curve, outward and upward toward the right nearly to arm’s length, as high as the shoulder—­am going (to), (3) and when at that point suddenly clinch the hand and throw it edgewise a short distance toward the ground—­my country, my home.

ANALYSIS.

Ma-ko’-ce mi-ta’-wa kin e-kta’ wa-gle’ kta.
         (3) (2) (1)
Country || my own || the || to || I go home || will.

DIALOGUES.

TENDOY-HUERITO DIALOGUE.

The following conversation took place at Washington in April, 1880, between TENDOY, chief of the Shoshoni and Banak Indians of Idaho, and HUERITO, one of the Apache chiefs from New Mexico, in the presence of Dr. W.J.  HOFFMAN.  Neither of these Indians spoke any language known to the other, or had ever met or heard of one another before that occasion: 

[Illustration:  Fig. 304.]

Huerito.—­WHO ARE YOU?

Place the flat and extended right hand, palm forward, about twelve inches in front of and as high as the shoulder, then shake the hand from side to side as it is moved forward and upward—­question, who are you? Fig. 304.

[Illustration:  Fig. 305.]

Tendoy.—­SHOSHONI CHIEF.

Place the closed right hand near the right hip leaving the index only extended, palm down; then pass the hand toward the front and left, rotating it from side to side—­Shoshoni, Fig. 305; then place the closed hand, with the index extended and pointing upward, near the right cheek, pass it upward as high as the head, then turn it forward and downward toward the ground, terminating with the movement a little below the initial point—­chief.  Fig. 306.

Huerito.—­HOW OLD ARE YOU?

Clinch both hands and cross the forearms before the breast with a trembling motion—­cold—­winter, year, Fig. 307; then elevate the left hand as high as the neck and about twelve or fifteen inches before it, palm toward the face, with fingers extended and pointing upward; then, with the index, turn down one finger after another slowly, beginning at the little finger, until three or four are folded against the palm, and look inquiringly at the person addressed—­how many?  See Fig. 302.

[Illustration:  Fig. 306.]

[Illustration:  Fig. 307.]

Tendoy.—­FIFTY-SIX.

Close and extend the fingers and thumbs of both hands, with the palms forward, five times—­fifty; then extend the fingers and thumb of the left hand, close the right, and place the extended thumb alongside of and near the left thumb—­six.  Fig. 308.