The same authority obtained the above sentence in Ponka and Pani,
together with the following signs for it, from individuals of those
tribes. Those signs agreed between each other, but differed from the
Dakota, as will be observed, in the signs _to my house_, as signifying
_to my home_.

(1) Touch the breast with the tips of the extended fingers--_I_. This
precedes the signs for Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, which correspond to Nos.
1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Dakota; then follows: (6) place the tips of the
extended fingers of the flat hands together, leaving the wrists about
six inches apart--_lodge_, (7) and conclude by placing the clinched
fists nearly at arm's length before the body, the right several inches
above the left, then throw them toward the ground--about six or eight
inches--the fists retaining their relative positions--_my_, _mine_.

ANALYSIS.

The following is the Ponka sentence as given by the gesturer in
connection with the several gestures as made:

---- |Na[n]'-ba|ja[n] [k]i|a-g[c]e'|ta mi[=n]'-ke|[t]i|wi'-wi-a t[)e]'-[t]a.
(1) | (3) | (2) | (4) | (5) |(6) | (7)

The following is the full sentence as spoken by Ponkas without regard
to gesture, and its literal translation:

Na[n]'-ba| ja[n]|[k][)i]|a-g[c]e'| ta'|mi[=n]'-ke| [t]i |wi'-wi-[t]a|te'-[t]a.|--
Two |night,| if, | I go |will| I who |lodge | my own | the, |to.
|sleep | when |homeward| | | | | one, |
standing |
object, |

The Pani gestures were given with the accompanying words, viz:

| Pit' ku-r[)e]t' | ka'-ha | wi | ta-tukh'-ta | a-ka'-ru | ru-r[)e]t'-i-ru.
(1)| (3) | (2) | (4)| (5) | (6) | (7)
I | (In) two | nights | I | am going | house | to my.

The orthography in the above sentences, as in others where the
original text is given (excepting the Dakota and Ojibwa), is that
adopted by Maj. J.W. POWELL in the second edition of the _Introduction
to the Study of Indian Languages_. _Washington_, 1880. The characters
more particularly requiring explanation are the following, viz:

_[c]_, as _th_ in _then_, _though_.

_[=n]_, as _ng_ in _sing_, _singer_; Sp. _luengo_.

_[k]_, an intermediate sound between _k_ and _g_ in _gig_.

_kh_, as the German _ch_, in _nacht_.

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