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ise mentioned.) SURRENDER. The palm of the hand is held toward the person [to whom the surrender is made]. (_Long_.) Hold the palm of the hand toward the person as high above the head as the arm can be raised. (_Dakota_ I.) SIGNALS IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE USED IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL ACTION. BUFFALO DISCOVERED. SEE ALSO NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS. When the Ponkas or Omahas discover buffalo the watcher stands erect on the hill, with his face toward the camp, holding his blanket with an end in each hand, his arms being stretched out (right and left) on a line with, shoulders. (_Dakota_ VIII; _Omaha_ I; _Ponka_ I.) See Fig. 337. Same as (_Omaha_ I), and (_Ponka_ I); with the addition that after the blanket is held out at arm's length the arms are crossed in front of the body. (_Dakota_ I.) CAMP! When it is intended to encamp, a blanket is elevated upon a pole so as to be visible to all the individuals of a moving party. (_Dakota_ VIII.) COME! TO BECKON TO A PERSON. Hold out the lower edge of the robe or blanket, then wave it in to the legs. This is made when there is a desire to avoid general observation. (_Matthews_.) COME BACK! Gather or grasp the left side of the unbuttoned coat (or blanket) with the right hand, and, either standing or sitting in position so that the signal can be seen, wave it to the left and right as often as may be necessary for the sign to be recognized. When made standing the person should not move his body. (_Dakota_ I.) DANGER. SEE ALSO NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS. ---- Horseman at a distance, galloping, passing and repassing, and crossing each other--_enemy comes_. But for notice of herd of buffalo, they gallop back and forward abreast--do not cross each other. (H.M. Brackenridge's _Views of Louisiana_. _Pittsburgh_, 1814, p. 250.) ---- Riding rapidly round in a circle, "Danger! Get together as quickly as possible." (Richard Irving Dodge, lieutenant-colonel United States Army, _The Plains of the Great West_. _New York_, 1877, p. 368.) ---- Point the right index in the direction of the danger, and then throw the arm over the front of the body diagonally, so that the hand rests near the left shoulder, back outward. If the person to be notified of the danger should be in the rear precede the above signal with that for "_Attention_." This signal can also be made with a blanket, properly grasped so as to form a long narrow roll. P
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