EXPLANATORY NOTE.—­Where the asterisks appear in the above dialogue the preposition to is included in the gesture.  After touching the breast for I, the slow movement forward signifies going to, and country is signified by locating it at arm’s length toward the west, to the left of the gesturer, as the stopping-place, also possession by the clinched fist being directed toward the ground.  It is the same as for my or mine, though made before the body in the latter signs.  The direction of Tendoy’s hands, first to the south and afterwards to the north, was understood not as pointing to the exact locality of the two parts of the country, but to the difference in their respective climates.

OMAHA COLLOQUY.

The following is contributed by Rev. J. OWEN DORSEY: 

Question.  FROM WHAT QUARTER IS THE WIND?

Raise the curved right hand, palm in, in front of the left shoulder.  Draw in toward the body a little, then from the body several times in different directions.

Answer.  FROM THAT QUARTER.

Hand as above; draw in towards the body once, and farther with emphasis, according to the direction of the wind.

BRULE DAKOTA COLLOQUY.

The following signs, forming a question and answer, were obtained by Dr. W.J.  HOFFMAN, from Ta-ta[n]-ka Wa-ka[n] (Medicine Bull), a Brule Dakota chief who visited Washington during the winter of 1880-’81: 

Question.  WE WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT [OF THE INTERIOR], SHOOK HANDS WITH THE SECRETARY AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, DID YOU HEAR OF IT?

[Illustration:  Fig. 315.]

(1) Extend and separate the thumb and index, leaving the remaining fingers closed, place the ball of the thumb against the temple above the outer corner of the eye, and the index across the forehead, the tip resting on the left temple, then draw the index across to the right until its tip touches the thumb—­white man, Fig. 315; (2) Elevate the extended index before the shoulder, palm forward, pass it upward, as high as the head, and forming a short curve to the front, then downward again slightly to the front to before the breast and about fifteen inches from it—­chief; (3) Fingers of both hands extended and separated; then interlace them so that the tips of the fingers of one hand protrude beyond the backs of those of the opposing one; hold the hands in front of the breast, pointing upward, leaving the wrists about six inches apart—­lodge; (4) Place the left hand a short distance before the breast, palm down and slightly arched, fingers directed toward the right and front, then pass the flat and extended right hand forward, under and beyond the left, forming a downward curve, the right hand being as high as the left at the commencement and termination of the gesture—­enter, entered; (5) Clasp the hands before the body,