WASHINGTON, CITY OF.

The sign for _go_ by closing the hand (as in type position B 1)

and bending the arm; the hand is then brought horizontally to the

epigastrium, after which both the hand and arm are suddenly extended;

the sign for _house_ or _lodge_; the sign for _cars_, consisting of

the sign for _go_ and _wagon_, e.g., both arms are flexed at a right

angle before the chest; the hands then assume type position (L)

modified by the index being hooked and the middle finger partly opened

and hooked similarly; the hands are held horizontally and rotated

forward side by side to imitate two wheels, palms upward; and the sign

for _council_ as follows: The right arm is raised, flexed at elbow,

and the hand brought to the mouth (in type position G 1, modified by

being inverted), palm up, and the index being more open. The hand then

passes from the mouth in jerks, opening and closing successively; then

the right hand (in position S 1), horizontal, marks off divisions on

the left arm extended. The sign for _father_ is briefly executed by

passing the open hand down and from the loins, then bringing it erect

before the body; then the sign for _cars_, making with the mouth

the noise of an engine. The hands then raised before the eyes and

approximated at points, as in the sign for _lodge_; then diverge to

indicate _extensive_; this being followed by the sign for _council_.

(_Oto and Missouri_ I.) "The home of our father, where we go on the

puffing wagon to council."

Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 · 第 164 / 253 题