11. _Hunting_—The fore-finger is brought near the eye, and placed in the attitude of pointing; it is then wagged from side to side, the eye following its devious motion, and seeming to look in the direction indicated. Sometimes the hand is extended far before the eye, and the same motion is given to the finger. 12. _Pretty_—The fingers and thumb, so opposed as to form a curve, are passed over the face nearly touching it, from the forehead to the chin, then add the sign of _Good_, No. 42. 13. _Eating_—The fingers and thumb are brought together in opposition to each other, into something of a wedge shape, and passed to and from the mouth four or five times within the distance of three or four {273} inches of it, to imitate the action of food passing to the mouth. 14. _Drinking, or water_—The hand is partially clenched, so as to have something of a cup shape; and the opening between the thumb and finger is raised to the mouth, as in the act of drinking. If the idea of water only is to be conveyed, the hand does not stop at the mouth, but is continued above it. 15. _Enough, or a bellyful_—The sign for eating is first made; then the fore finger and thumb are opposed to each other so as to form a semicircular curve, which is elevated along the body from the belly to the neck, in order to indicate that the interior is filled with food up to that part. 16. _Squaw_—The hands are passed from the top down each side of the head, indicating the parting of the hair on the top, and its flowing down each side. 17. _The discharging of a gun_—Is indicated by slapping the back of the right hand, partially closed, into the palm of the left. 18. _Death_—By throwing the fore finger from the perpendicular into a horizontal position towards the earth, with the back downwards. 19. _Killing_—The hands are held with the edge upwards, and the right hand strikes the other transversely, as in the act of chopping. This sign seems to be more particularly applicable to convey the idea of death, produced by a blow of the tomahawk or war-club. 20. _Bison_—The two fore fingers are placed near the ears, projecting, so as to represent the horns of the animal. 21. _Surrounding the bison_—The sign No. 20 is first made; the hands, with the fore fingers and thumbs in a semicircle, are then brought two or three times together. 22. _Discharging the arrow_—The hands are placed {274} as in the attitude of drawing the arrow in the bow, (this is also the sign for the bow) and its departure is indicated by springing the fingers from the thumbs, as in the act of sprinkling water. 23. _To speak_—The motion is like sprinkling water from the mouth by springing the fore finger from the thumb, the hand following a short distance from the mouth at each resilience, to show the direction of the word, or to whom it is addressed; this motion is repeated three or four times.