WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER?

After placing the index into the mouth--_mother_, point the index at

the individual addressed--_your_, then separate and extend the index

and second fingers of the right hand; hold them, pointing forward,

about twelve or fifteen inches before the face, and move them from

side to side, eyes following the same direction--_I see_, then throw

the flat right hand in a short curve outward to the right until the

back points toward the ground--_not_, and look inquiringly at the

individual addressed. (_Ute_ I.) "Mother your I see not; where is

she?"

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 175 / 253 题