Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 430 pages of information about Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes.

Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 430 pages of information about Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes.

(48) Sign for camp, as before (No. 10)—­camp.

(49) Pointing to speaker—­I.

(50) Fingers of right hand extended and joined and pointed forward from mouth, left hand lowered horizontally to a foot from the ground—­fox.

(51) Left hand raised height of eye, back to the left, fingers closed, with exception of middle finger held upright; then middle finger suddenly closed—­trap.

(52) Both hands lifted height of eye, palm inward, fingers spread—­many.

(53) Right hand pointing to speaker—­I.

(54) Sign for trap (No. 51), as above—­trap.

(55) Right hand lowered to within a few inches of the ground and moved from left to right about two feet.  Motions of both hands descriptive of playful jumping of marten around a tree or stump—­marten.

(56) Holding up the fingers of both hands three times until aggregating thirty—­thirty.

(57) Left forearm held up vertically, palm to front, fingers spread—­tree.

(58) Motion of chopping with hatchet—­cut.

(59) Driving invisible wedge around small circle—­peeling birch bark.

(60) Right hand, fingers extended and joined, moved slowly from left to right horizontally while blowing upon it with mouth—­pitching seams of canoe.

(61) Motions of using paddle very vigorously—­paddle up stream.

(62) Lifting both arms above head on respective sides, hands closed as if grasping something and lifting the body—­poling canoe.

(63) Sign for moon (No. 4), (crescent and ring) once—­one month.

(64) Right hand vertically, height of chest, palm to left, fingers extended, closed.  Left hand horizontally, palm downward, pushed against right—­stopped.

(65) Right hand, index extended, drawing outline of mountains, one above other—­high mountains.

(66) Left hand lifted to left shoulder, back to front, fingers bent and closed.  Right hand, fingers bent and closed, placed over left and then slowly drawn across chest to right shoulder.  Motion with both hands as if adjusting pack—­pack, knapsack.

(67) Sign for water as before (No. 8).  Both hands brought forward, palms down, arms passed outward horizontally to respective sides, palms down—­lake.  Both hands describing circular line backward until touching collar bone—­big and deep.

(68) Left hand raised slightly about height of nipple, three fingers closed; index and thumb holding tip of index of right hand.  Both hands moved across chest from left to right—­beaver.[1]

(69) Previous sign for many (No. 52) repeated several times—­very plentiful.

(70) Both hands held up with fingers spread, palm forward, twice and left hand once—­height of eye—­twenty-five.

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