Abbreviations in signs, 338
Abnaki, Intelligence communicated by, 369
Absaroka, Tribal signs for, 458
Abstract ideas expressed in signs, 348
Actors, modern, Use of gestures by, 308
Addison, Gestures of orators, 294
Aeschylus, Theatrical gestures, 286
Affirmation, Sign for, 286, 454
Alarm, Signs for, 529, 538
Alaskan Indians, Dialogue between, 492
Alaskans, Sign language of the, 313
Alive, Sign for, 421
All together, Sign for, 523
Anger, Sign for, 301
, Signal for, 529
Antelope, Signs for, 410
Antiquity of gesture speech, 285
Apache pictographs connected with signs, 372
, Tribal signs for, 459
Apaches, Smoke signals of the, 538
Aphasia, Gestures in, 276
Applause, Signs for, 300
Application, Practical, of sign language, 346
Approbation, Sign for, 286
Arapaho, Tribal signs for, 460
Arbitrary signs, 340
Archaeologic research connected with sign language, 368
Argyle, Duke of, Gestures of Fuegans, 293
Arikara, Tribal signs for, 461
Arm positions, Outlines of, in sign language, 545
Arrangement in descriptions of signs, 546
Art, Modern Italian, exhibiting gestures, 292
Articulate speech, preceded by gesture, 274, 284
Artificial articulation, 275, 307
Asking, Signs for, 291, 297
Assinaboin, Tribal signs for, 461
Astute, Sign for, 305
Athenaeus, Account of Telestes, 286
, Classification of gestures, 285
Atsina, Tribal signs for, 462
Attention, Signal for, 539
Austin, Rev. Gilbert, Chironomia, 289
Australians, Gestures of, 306
Authorities in sign language, List of, 401
Ax, Sign for, 380
Bad, Signs for, 411
Banak, Tribal signs for, 462
Battle, Sign for, 419
Bear, Signs for, 412
Bede, The venerable, Treatise on gestures, 287
Bell, Prof. A. Graham, Vocal articulation of dogs, 275
Blackfeet, Tribal signs for, 462
Blind, Gestures of the, 278
Born, Signs for, 356
Bossu, M., Signs of the Atakapa, 324
Brave, Signs for, 352, 364, 414
Brother, Sign for, 521
Brule Dakota colloquy in signs, 491
Buffalo, Sign for, 488
Signals for, discovered, 532
Bushmann, J.C.E., Signs of Accocessaws, 324
Butler, Prof. James D., Italian signs, 408
Burton, Capt. R.F., Arapaho language, 314
Cabeca de Vaca, Signs of Timucuas, 324
Caddo, Tribal sign for, 464
Camp, Signals for, 532, 539
Capture, Sign for, 506
Chesterfield, Lord, Gestures of orators, 311
Cheyenne, Tribal signs for, 464
Chief, Signs for, 353, 416
Child, Signs for, 304, 356
Children, Gestures of young, 276
Chinese characters connected with signs, 356, 357
, Expedient of the, in place of signs, 306
Chinook jargon, 313
Chironomia, by Rev. Gilbert Austin, 289
Cistercian monks, Gestures of the, 288, 364
Clarke, Mr. Ben., Local source of sign language, 317
Classic pantomimes, 286
Cold, Signs for, 345, 486
Collaborators in sign language, List of, 401
Collecting signs, Suggestions for, 394
Comanche, Tribal signs for, 466
Come here, Signals for, 529, 532
Comedie Francaise, Gestures of the, 309
Comparison, Degrees of, in sign language, 363
Conjunctions in sign language, 367
Conventionality of signs, 333, 336, 340
Corbusier, Dr. William H., local source of sign language, 317
, Sign for strong, 304
Corporeal gestures generally, 270, 273
Correspondents, Foreign, on sign language, 407
Crafty, Sign for, 303
Cree, Tribal signs for, 466
Cresollius, Precedence of gestures, 282
Value of gestures, 280
Cut with an ax, Sign for, 550
Dakota calendar, 373, 377, 382, 384
, Tribal signs for, 467
Dalgarno, George, Gestures real writing, 355
, Works of, 284, 287
Danger, Signals for, 529, 532
Darwin, Charles, Analysis of emotional gestures, 270
, Gestures of Fuegans, 293
Day, Signs for, 371
Deaf and dumb, American annals of the, 293
Deaf-Mute College, National, Test of signs at the, 321
Deaf-mutes, Methodical signs of, 362
, Milan Convention on instruction of, 307
, Signs of instructed, 362, 397
, Signs of uninstructed, 277
, Sounds uttered by uninstructed, 277
Death, Signs for, 353, 420, 497
Deceit, Signs for, 303
Defiance, Signals for, 530
Denial of the existence of sign language, Mistaken, 326
Derision, Sign for, 301
Dialects, Numerous, connected with gesture language, 294, 306
Dialogues in sign language, 486
Dictionary of sign language, Extracts from, 409
Disappearing Mist, Account of, 327
Discontinuance of sign language, Circumstances connected with the,
312
Discourses in signs, 521
Discovery, Signals for, 533
Diversities in signs, Classes of, 341
Divisions of sign language, 270
Dodge, Col. Richard I., Abbreviations of signs, 339
, Identity of sign language, 316, 335
Dog, Signs for, 321, 387
Done, finished, Sign for, 513, 522, 528
Dorsey, Rev. J. Owen, Mistaken denial of signs, 326
Doubt, Sign for, 512
Drink, Sign for, 301, 344, 357
Dumas, Alexandra, Sicilian signs, 295
Dupe, Sign for, 305
Dust signals, 541
Eat, Sign for, 301, 480
Egyptian characters connected with signs, 304, 355, 357, 358, 359,
370, 379, 380
Emblems distinguished from signs, 389
Ethnologic facts connected with signs, 384
Etymology of words from gestures, 352
Evening, Signs for, 353
Evolution, distinguished from invention of sign language, 319, 388
Exchange, Signs for, 454
Facial expression generally, 270, 273
play, giving detailed information, 271
Fatigue, Sign for, 305
Fay, Prof. E.A., contributions on signs, 309, 408
Fear, Sign for, 506
Female, Signs for, 300, 357
Ferdinand, King of Naples, speech in signs, 294
Fingers, Details of position of, in sign language, 392
, Special significance in disposition of, by Italians, 285
Fire arrows, Signals by, 540
, Signs for, 344, 380
Flathead, Tribal signs for, 468
Fool, Signs for, 297, 303, 345, 505, 506
Foreign correspondents on sign language, 407
Fox, Tribal sign for, 468
Fremont, General J.C., Signs of Pai-Utes and Shoshonis, 324
Friend, friendship, Signs for, 384, 491, 527
Gallaudet, President T.H., Facial expression, 271
, President E.M., Test of Utes in signs, 321, 323
Gender in sign language, 366
Gestures as an occasional resource, 279
as survival of a sign language, 330
, blind, of the, 278
, Etymology of words from, 352
in mental disorder, 276
, Involuntary response to, 280
, fluent talkers, of, 279
Language not proportionate to development of, 293, 314
low tribes of men, of, 279
lower animals, of, 275
modern actors, used by, 308
modern orators, used by, 311
young children, of, 276
Gilbert, G.K., Pueblo etchings, 371, 372, 373
Glad, Sign for, 495
Good, Signs for, 424
Grammar, Sign language with reference to, 359
Grass, Sign for, 343
Greek vases, Figures on, explained by modern Italian gestures,
289, 290
Grow, Sign for, 343
Habitation, Signs for, 427
Haerne, Mgr. D. de, Works on sign language, 292
Hale, Horatio, Mohawk signs, 327
Halt! Signals for, 530, 535
Hand positions, Types of, 547
Hand-shaking, connected with signs, 385
Harpokrates, Erroneous character for, 304
Hear, Signs for, 376
Hento (Gray Eyes), Wyandot signs, 327
Heredity, Cases of, in speech, 276, 277
Hesitation, Signs for, 291
Hidatsa, Tribal signs for, 469
History of sign language, 285
Hoffman, Dr. W.J. Collaboration of, in sign language, 399
Holmes, W.H., Artistic aid of, 400
Home, Signs for, 483, 485
Homomorphy of signs with diverse meanings, 342
Horn sign, Italian, 298, 299
Horse, Signs for, 433
House, Signs for, 427
Humboldt, Signs of South Americans, 307
Hunger, Signs for, 304, 485
Illustration, Scheme of, in sign language, 544
Illustrations, Examples of, for collaboration on sign language, 550
Indian, generically, Signs for, 469
languages, Discussion of, 516
Indians, Condition of the, favorable to sign language, 311
, Theories respecting the signs of, 313
Innuits, Sign language of, 307
Inquiry, Signs for, 291, 297, 303, 447, 480, 486, 494
, Signals for, 531, 536
Insult, Sign of, 304
Interjectional cries, 283
Interrogation, Mark of, in sign language, 367
Invention of new signs in sign language, 387
Involuntary response to gestures, 280
Isolation, Loss of speech by, 278
Italians, Modern, Signs of, 285, 305
Jacker, Very Rev. Edward, Disuse of signs, 325
Jorio, The canon Andrea de, Works on sign language, 289
Joy, Signs for, 300
Justice, Sign for, 302
Kaiowa, Tribal signs for, 470
Keep, Rev. J. R., Syntax of Sign language, 360
Kickapoo, Tribal signs for, 470
Kill, Signs for, 377, 437
Kin ch[=e]-[)e]ss, Address of, 521
Knife, Sign for, 386
Kutine, Tribal signs for, 470
Language, Primitive, theories upon, 282
Lately, Signs for, 366
Lean Wolf's Complaint, in signs, 526
Leibnitz, Signs connected with philology, 349
syntax, 360
Leonardo da Vinci, 292
Lie, falsehood, Signs for, 345, 393, 550
Lightning, Signs for, 373
Lipan, Tribal sign for, 471
Loss of speech by isolation, 278
Love, Signs for, 345, 521
Low tribes of men, Gestures of, 279
Lower animals, Gestures of, 275
Lucian, de saltatione, 287
Man, Sign for, 416
Mandan, Tribal sign for, 471
Mano in fica, Neapolitan sign, 300
Many, Signs for, 445, 496, 524, 535
Marriage, Signs for, 290
Maya characters connected with signs, 356, 376
Medicine, Signs for, 386
Medicine-man, Signs for, 380
Mental disorder, Gestures in, 276
Methodical signs of deaf-mutes, 362
Mexican characters connected with signs, 357, 375, 377, 380, 382
Michaelius, Algonkin signs, 324
Milan convention on instruction of deafmutes, 307
Missouri River, Sign for, 477
Modern use of sign language, 293
Money, Sign for, 297
Moose, Sign for, 495
Moqui pictographs connected with signs, 371, 373
Morgan, Lewis H., Atsina signs, 312
Morse, E.S., Japanese signs, 442
Mother, Sign for, 479
Motions relative to parts of body in sign language, 393
Much, Signs for, 446
Mueller, Max, Theories relating to language, 277, 281, 283
Narratives in sign language, 500
Natci's narrative in signs, 500
National Deaf-Mute College, 321, 408
Natural pantomime, 280
signs, 307, 340
Na-wa-gi-jig's story in signs, 508
Neapolitan gestures and signs, 289, 296-305
Negation of affirmative in sign language, 391
, Signs for, 290, 299, 300, 304, 355, 440, 494
Night, Signs for, 358
Nothing, none, Signs for, 322, 355, 356, 443
Now, Signs for, 366
Occasional resource, Gestures as an, 279
Ojibwa dialogue in signs, 499
pictographs connected with signs, 371, 372, 376, 380, 381
, Tribal sign for, 472
Old man, Sign for, 338
Omaha colloquy in signs, 490
Onomatopeia, 283
Opposite, Signs for, 353
Opposition in sign language, 364
Oral language defined, 273
, primitive, 274
Orators, modern, Gestures used by, 311
Origin of sign language, 273
Osage, Tribal signs for, 472
Ouray, head chief of Utes, 315, 328
Pani, Tribal signs for, 472
Pantomime, Natural, 280
Pantomimes, Classic, 286
Partisan, Signs for, 384, 418
Patricio's narrative in signs, 505
Peace, Signals for, 530, 534, 535
, Signs for, 438
Pend d'Oreille, Tribal sign for, 473
Period, Mark of, in sign language, 368
Permanence of signs, 329
Peruvian characters connected with signs, 371
Philology, Relation of sign language to, 349
Phrases in sign language, 479
Pictographs connected with sign language, 368
Porter, Prof. Samuel, Thought without language, 277
Possession, Sign for, 484, 524
Powell, J.W., Indian orthography, 484
, Inflexions in Indian languages, 351
, Linguistic classification, 403
Prepositions in sign language, 367
Pretty, Signs for, 300
Primitive language, Theories upon, 282
oral language, 274
Prisoner, Sign for, 345
Proper names in sign language, 364, 476
Pueblo pictographs connected with signs, 373
, Tribal sign for, 473
Punctuation in sign language, 367
Quantity, Signs for, 291, 359, 445
Question, Signs for, 291, 297, 303, 447, 480, 486, 494
, Signals for, 531, 536
Quintilian, Antiquity of gesture language, 285
, Powers of gesture, 280
, Questioning by gesture, 449
, Rules for gesture, 285
Rabbit, Sign for, 321
Rabelais, Forced and mistaken signs, 338
, Head shaking, 441
, Primitive language, 282
, Sign for marriage, 290
, Signs addressed to women, 310
, Universal language, 287
Raffaelle, Attention to gestures, 292
Railroad cars, Sign for, 322
Rain myth, Signs for, 344, 357, 372
Rapport necessary in gestures, 310
Rejection, Signs for, 298, 299
Researches in sign language, how made, 395
Results sought in study of sign language, 346
Ride, Sign for, 551
Ruxton, 324
Sac, or Sanki, Tribal sign for, 473
Safety, Signals for, 536
Sahaptin, Tribal sign, for, 473
Same, similar, Sign for, 385
Sayce, Prof. A.H., Origin of language in gestures, 283, 284
Scocciare, Italian sign for, 298
Seraglio, mutes of the, Gestures of the, 307
Shawnee, Tribal sign for, 474
Sheepeater, Tribal signs for, 474
Shoshone, Tribal signs for, 474
Sibscota, Mutes of Seraglio, 307
Sicard, Abbe, Deaf mute signs, 277, 288, 362
Sicily, Gesture language in, 295
Sign language, Abstract ideas expressed in, 348
, Alaskans, of the, 513
, Antiquity of, 285
, Apache pictographs connected with, 372
, Archaeologic research connected with, 368
, Arrangement in description of signs in, 546
, Australian, 306
, Authorities in, list of, 401
, Chinese characters connected with, 356, 357
, Cistercian monks, of, 283, 364
, collaborators in, List of, 401
, comparison, Degrees of, in, 363
, Conjunctions in, 367
, Convention, not requiring, 334
, Corporeal gestures in, 270, 273
, correspondents, Foreign, on, 407
, deaf-mutes, of uninstructed, 277
, dialects, numerous, connected with, 294
, Dialogues in, 486
, Dictionary of, Extracts from, 409
, Discontinuance of, 312
, Discourses in, 521
, Egyptian characters connected with, 304, 355, 357-359, 370,
379, 380
, Emotional gestures in, 270
, Ethnologic facts connected with, 384
evolved rather than invented, 319
, Facial expression in, 270, 273
, fingers, Details of position of, in, 392, 547
, Gender in, 366
, Grammar connected with, 359
, hand positions, Types of, in, 547
, History of, 285
, illustration, Scheme of, in, 544
, Indian and deaf-mute, compared, 320
and foreign, compared, 319
Special and peculiar is the, 319
Indians, North American, Once universal among, 324-326
Conditions favorable to, 311
Innuits, of the, 307
, interrogation, Mark of, in, 367
, Invention of new signs in, 387
, Italians, modern, of, 285, 305
, languages, Indian, compared with, 351
, Maya characters connected with, 356, 376
, Mexican characters connected with, 357, 375, 377, 380, 382
, Mistaken denial of existence of, 326
, Modern use of, 293
, Modern use of, by other than North American Indians, 320
, Motions relative to parts of body in, 393, 545
, Narratives in, 500
, Negation or affirmative in, 391
, Ojibwa pictographs connected with, 371, 372, 380, 381
, Opposition in, 364
, Oral language not proportioned to development of, 293, 314
, Origin of, 273
, Origin of, from a particular tribe, 316
, Outlines of arm positions in, 545
, period, Mark of, in, 368
, Peruvian characters connected with, 371
, Phrases in, 479
, Pictographs connected with, 368
, Practical application of, 346
, preceded articulate speech, 274, 284
, Prepositions in, 367
, Prevalence of Indian system of, 323
, Proper names in, 364, 476
, Pueblo pictographs connected with, 373
, Punctuation, in, 367
, Philology, relation of, to, 349
, Researches, Mode in which made on, 395
, Resemblance to Indian languages, 351
, Results sought in the study of, 346
, Seraglio, of the mutes of the, 307
, Sicilian, 295
, Sociologic conditions connected with, 293, 304
, South American, 307
, Survival of, 306
, Syntax connected with, 359
, Tense in, 366
, Time in, 366
, Tribal signs in, 458
, writing, Origin of, connected with, 354
Signals, Apache, 534
, bodily action, Executed by, 529
, Cheyenne and Arapaho, 542
, Dust, 541
, Fire arrows used in, 540
, Foreign, 549
, Smoke, 536
when person signaling is not seen, 536
with objects in connection with personal action, 532
Signs, Abbreviation in, 338
, Arbitrary, 340
, Conventional, 333, 336, 340
deaf-mutes, of uninstructed, 277
, diversities in, Classes of, 341
, Forced, 336
, Homomorphy of, with diverse meanings, 342
, Mistaken, 336
, Natural, 307, 340
, Oral language, not proportioned to development of, 293, 314
, Permanence of, 329
, Power of, compared with speech, 347, 349
, Surviving in gesture, 330
, Symmorphs in, 343
, Synonyms in, 341
, Systematic use of, distinguished from uniformity of, 330
, Theories of Indians, respecting the, 313
Silence, Sign for, 304
Small, Sign for, 302
Smoke, Sign for, 343, 380
signals, 536
, Foreign, 539
Smyth, E. Brough, Australian, signs, 306, 408
Sociologic conditions connected with use of gestures, 293
Soldier, Signs for, 344, 449, 505
South Americans, Signs of, 307
Speak, speech, Signs for, 345, 373
Squirrel, Sign for, 321
Steamboat, Sign for, 388
Stone, Signs for, 386, 515
Stupidity, Signs for, 303
Submission, Signals for, 531
Suggestions for collecting signs, 394
Sun, Signs for, 344, 370
Sunrise, Sign for, 371
Surrender, Signals for, 531, 536
Surrounded, Signal for, 536
Suspicion, Sign for, 306
Swedenborg, Primitive language, 288
Symbols, distinguished from signs, 388
Symmorphs in signs, 343
Synonyms in signs, 341
Syntax, Sign language with reference to, 359
Talkers, fluent, Gestures of, 279
Tendoy-Huerito dialogue in signs, 486
Tennanah, Tribal sign for, 475
Tense in sign language, 336
Theft, Signs for, 292, 345
Time, in sign language, 386
, long, Sign for, 522
, Signs for, 350, 508
To-day, Signs for, 386
Trade, Signs for, 381, 450, 495
Tree, Signs for, 343, 496, 524
Tribal signs, 458
Trumbull, Dr. J. Hammond, Composition of Indian words, 351
Tso-di-a'-ko's Report, in signs, 524
Tylor, Dr. E.B., Sign language, 293, 320, 323
Uniformity of signs distinguished from their systematic use, 330
Ute, Tribal signs for, 475
Village, Signs for, 386
Vinci, Leonardo da, use of gestures, 292
Wagon, Sign for, 322
Want, Sign for, 344
Warning, Sign for, 301, 302
Washington, City of, Sign for, 470
Water, Signs for, 357, 494
White man, Signs for, 450, 469, 491, 000, 526
Whitney, Prof. W.D., Primitive speech, 283
Wichita, Tribal signs for, 476
Wilkins, Bishop, Philosophic language, 288
Williams, Mr. B.O., 326
Wiseman, Cardinal, Gesture of blind man, 278
, Italian signs, 408
Woman, Sign for, 497
Worthlessness, Sign for, 301
Writing, origin of, Gestures connected with the, 354
Wyandot, Tribal sign for, 476