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.

(116) Repeated No. 69, more emphatically—­feeling very cold.

(117) Repeated No. 70—­Ga-bi-wa bi-ko-ke.

(118) Made sign for without, dropping the hands powerless at the sides, with a corresponding movement of head—­exhausted.

(119) Pointed with finger toward the light-house and drawing back the finger a little, pushed it forward in the same direction, fully extending the arm—­that distance, i.e., one mile beyond light-house.

(120) Elevated both hands to height of shoulder, fingers extended toward the right, backs upward, moving them horizontally forward—­left foremost—­with an impetuous motion toward the last—­drifted out.

(121) Repeated No. 86, executing the movement a series of times without interruption and very energetically—­paddling steadily and vigorously.

(122) Pointed with the left forefinger to his breast—­I myself.

(123) Waved the thumb of the same hand over to left side without interrupting motion of hand—­and Sabadis.

(124) Moved the extended left—­back upward, fingers slightly joined—­toward left side, and downward a few inches—­shore.

(125) Elevated it to level of eyes, fingers joined and extended, palm toward the right, approaching it toward the face by a slow interrupted movement—­drawing nearer and nearer.

(126) Drawing a deep breath—­relieved.

(127) Repeated No. 86 very emphatically—­paddling with increased courage and vigor.

(128) Gazed and pointed northeastward, shading the eyes with the hand, at the same time pushing the left—­bent downward at wrist, palm backward—­forward in that direction, arm fully extended, fingers separated and pointing ahead at termination of motion—­out there at a great distance.

(129) Made a lateral movement with the hand flat and extended over the field of ice in front of him—­the ice-field.

(130) Described a series of waves with the flat and extended left, back upward, horizontally outward—­sea getting turbulent.

(131) Joyously flourished the hand above head, while pronouncing the word ke-ya-bi—­only yet.

(132) Pointed the finger toward the upturned root of a tree a few yards off, thence carrying it forward directed it toward the shore in front—­a few yards from shore.

(133) Pointing toward the sun first, he placed palms of both hands in opposition vertically, a space of only an inch or two intervening, with a glance sideways at the height thus indicated—­the sun just setting.

(134) Made three vigorous strokes with the imaginary paddle—­three more paddle-strokes.

(135) Moved both hands (flat and extended, backs upward) evenly and horizontally toward the left, terminating the movement by turning hands almost perpendicularly upward at wrist, thus arresting them suddenly—­the ice-raft runs up against the shore.

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