ars a broad hat).
(7) Held right hand on edge, palm toward him, threw it on its back
forward and downward sharply toward earth (T on edge to X), (_dead, so
many dead_).
(8) Put thumbs to temples and indexes forward, meeting in front, other
fingers closed (_soldiers_, i.e., cap-visor).
(9) Repeated No. 5 and No. 7 (_were also shot dead_).
(10) Placed first and second fingers of right hand, others closed,
astride of left index, held horizontally (_horses_).
(11) Held hands on edge and forward (T on edge forward), pushed them
forward, waving vertically (_marching_, i.e., _ran off with soldiers'
horses or others_). N.B.--Using both hands indicates double ranks of
troops marching also.
(12) Struck right fist across in front of chin from right to left
sharply (_bad_).
(13) Repeated No. 4 (_Warm Spring Apache_).
(14) Moved fist, thumb to head, from center of forehead to right
temple and a little backward (_fool_).
(15) Repeated No. 8 and No. 11 (_soldiers riding in double column_).
(16) Thrust right hand down over and beyond left, both palms down (W)
(_came here_).
(17) Repeated No. 8 (_soldier_).
(18) Touched hair (_hair_).
(19) Touched tent (_quite white_).
(20) Touched top of shoulder (_commissioned officer_, i.e.,
shoulder-straps).
(21) Thrust both hands up high (_high rank_).
(22) Right forefinger to forehead; waved it about in front of face and
rolled head about (primarily _fool_, but qualified in this case by the
interpreter as _no sabe much_).
(23) Drew hands up his thighs and body and pointed to himself
(_Mescalero Indian_).
(24) Approximated hands before him, palms down, with thumbs and
indexes widely separated, as if inclosing a circle (_captured_, i.e.,
_corralled, surrounded_).
(25) Placed tips of hands together, wrists apart, held them erect (T,
both hands inclined), (_house_; in this case _the agency_).
(26) Threw both hands, palms back, forward and downward, moving from
knuckles (metacarpo-phalangeal joint) only, several times (_issuing
rations_).
(27) Thrust two fingers (N) toward mouth and downward (_food_).
(28) Repeated No. 25 (_house_); outlined a hemispherical object
(wik-i-up); repeated these several times, bringing the hands with
emphasis several times down toward the earth (_village permanently
here_).
(29) Repeated No. 25 several times and pointed to a neighboring
hillside (_village over there_).
(30) Repeated Nos. 17 to 21, inclusive (_General
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