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es the zenith--_arrived at noon of the fifth day_. (22) Indicate a circle as in No. 2--_a camp_, (23) the hands then placed together as in No. 3, and in this position, both moved in short irregular upward and downward jerks from side to side--_many wik'-i-ups_, (24) then indicate the chief of the tribe as in No. 7--meaning that _it was one of the camps of the chief of the tribe_. (25) Make a peculiar whistling sound of "phew" and draw the extended index of the right hand across the throat from left to right--_Banak_, (26) draw an imaginary line with the same extended index, pointing toward the ground, from the right to the body--_came from the north_, (27) again make gesture No. 2--_camp_, (28) and follow it twice by sign given as No. 18 (forward from the body, but a short distance)--_two rode_. (29) Rub the back of the right hand with the extended index of the left--_Indian_, i.e., the narrator's own tribe, Pai-Ute, (30) elevate both hands side by side before the breast, palms forward, thumbs touching, then, after a short pause, close all the fingers and thumbs except the two outer fingers of the right hand--_twelve_, (31) again place the hands side by side with fingers all spread or separated, and move them in a horizontal curve toward the right--_went out of camp_, (32) and make the sign given as No. 25--_Banak_, (33) that of No. 2--_camp_, (34) then join the hands as in No. 31, from the right toward the front--_Pai-Utes returned_, (35) close the right hand, leaving the index only extended, move it forward and downward from the mouth three or four times, pointing forward, each time ending the movement at a different point--_I talked to them_, (36) both hands pointing upward, fingers and thumbs separated, palms facing and about four inches apart, held in front of the body as far as possible in that position--_the men in council_, (37) point toward the east with the index apparently curving downward over the horizon, then gradually elevate it to an altitude of 45 degrees--_talked all night and until nine o'clock next morning_, (38) bring the closed hands, with forefingers extended, upward and forward from their respective sides, and place them side by side, palms forward, in front--_my brother_, Fig. 317, (39) (see also pp. 385, 386) followed by the gesture, No. 18, directed toward the left and front--_rode_, (40) by No. 7--_the head chief_, (41) and No. 2--_camp_. [Illustration: Fig. 317.] (42) Continue by plac
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