Same as (Omaha I), and (Ponka I); with the addition that after the blanket is held out at arm’s length the arms are crossed in front of the body. (Dakota I.)

CAMP!

When it is intended to encamp, a blanket is elevated upon a pole so as to be visible to all the individuals of a moving party. (Dakota VIII.)

COME!  TO BECKON TO A PERSON.

Hold out the lower edge of the robe or blanket, then wave it in to the legs.  This is made when there is a desire to avoid general observation. (Matthews.)

COME BACK!

Gather or grasp the left side of the unbuttoned coat (or blanket) with the right hand, and, either standing or sitting in position so that the signal can be seen, wave it to the left and right as often as may be necessary for the sign to be recognized.  When made standing the person should not move his body. (Dakota I.)

DANGER.  SEE ALSO NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS.

——­ Horseman at a distance, galloping, passing and repassing, and crossing each other—­enemy comes.  But for notice of herd of buffalo, they gallop back and forward abreast—­do not cross each other. (H.M.  Brackenridge’s Views of Louisiana. Pittsburgh, 1814, p. 250.)

——­ Riding rapidly round in a circle, “Danger!  Get together as quickly as possible.” (Richard Irving Dodge, lieutenant-colonel United States Army, The Plains of the Great West. New York, 1877, p. 368.)

——­ Point the right index in the direction of the danger, and then throw the arm over the front of the body diagonally, so that the hand rests near the left shoulder, back outward.  If the person to be notified of the danger should be in the rear precede the above signal with that for “Attention.”  This signal can also be made with a blanket, properly grasped so as to form a long narrow roll.  Perhaps this signal would more properly belong under “Caution,” as it would be used to denote the presence of a dangerous beast or snake, and not that of a human enemy. (Dakota I.)

[Illustration:  Fig. 337.—­Signal for “buffalo discovered.”]

[Illustration:  Fig. 338.—­Signal of discovery or alarm.]

——­ Passing and repassing one another, either on foot or mounted, is used as a war-signal; which is expressed in the Hidatsa—­makimak[)a]’da—­halidie. (Mandan and Hidatsa I.)

DIRECTION.

——­ Pass around that place.

Point the folded blanket in the direction of the object or place to be avoided, then draw it near the body, and wave it rapidly several times in front of the body only, and then throwing it out toward the side on which you wish the person to approach you, and repeat a sufficient number of times for the signal to be understood. (Dakota I.)

DISCOVERY.