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ing the hands, slightly curved, palm to palm, holding them about six inches below the right ear, the head being inclined considerably in that direction--_one sleep (night)_, (43) make sign No. 14--_white man_, (44) raise the left hand to the level of the elbow forward from the left hip, fingers pointing upward, thumb and forefinger closed--_three_, (45) and in this position draw them toward the body and slightly to the right--_came_, (46) then make gesture So. 42--_sleep_; (47) point with the right index to the eastern horizon--_in the morning_, (48) make sign No. 14--_white man_, (49) hold the left hand nearly at arm's length before the body, back up, thumb and forefinger closed, the remaining fingers pointing downward--_three_, (50) with the right index finger make gesture No. 35, the movement being directed towards the left hand--_talked to them_, (51) motion along the ground with the left hand, from the body toward the left and front, retaining the position of the fingers just stated (in No. 49)--_they went_, (52) tap toward the ground, as in gesture No. 6, with the left hand nearly at arm's length--_to their camp_. (53) Make gesture No. 18 toward the front--_I rode_, (54) extend the right hand to the left and front, and tap towards the earth several times as in sign No. 6, having the fingers and thumb collected to a point--_camp of the white men_. (55) Close both hands, with the forefingers of each partly extended and crooked, and place one on either side of the forehead, palms forward--_cattle_ (a steer), (56) hold the left hand loosely extended, back forward, about twenty inches before the breast, and strike the back of the partly extended right hand into the left--_shot_, (57) make a short upward curved movement with both hands, their position unchanged, over and downward toward the right--_fell over, killed_, (58) then hold the left hand a short distance before the body at the height of the elbow, palm downward, fingers closed, with the thumb lying over the second joint of the forefinger, extend the flattened right hand, edge down, before the body, just by the knuckles of the left, and draw the hand towards the body, repeating the movement--_skinned_, (59) make the sign given in No. 25--_Banak_, (60) place both hands with spread fingers upward and palms forward, thumb to thumb, before the right shoulder, moving them with a tremulous motion toward the left and front--_came in_, (61) make three short movements
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