I AM GOING HOME IN TWO DAYS.

(1) Place the flat hands in front of and as high as the elbows, palms

down, pass each hand across to the opposite side of the body, the

right above the left crossing near the wrist at the termination of the

gesture (_night_), repeat in quick succession--_nights_, (2) elevate

the extended index and second finger of the right hand, backs to the

front--_two_, (3) place the tips of the extended and joined fingers of

the right hand against the breast--_I_, (4) after touching the breast

as in the preceding, pass the extended index from the breast, pointing

downward, forward nearly to arm's length, and terminating by holding

the hand but continuing the motion of the index until it points

forward and upward--_am going to_, (5) throw the clinched right fist

about six inches toward the earth at arm's length after the completion

of the preceding gesture--_my home_.

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 183 / 253 题