49. _Husband, companion, or in company_—The two fore fingers are extended and placed together, with their backs upward. 50. _Snow_—The hand is held up about as high as the head, with the fingers suffered to dangle downwards; it is then bobbed a little up and down, as if to throw off drops from the ends of the fingers. 51. _Rain_—The sign for _water_ (No. 14.) precedes that for _snow_. 52. _Robe_—The hands are placed near the shoulders, as if holding the ends of the robe, and then crossed, as if drawing the robe tight around the shoulders. 53. _The coming of a person from a distance_—Place the fore finger in a vertical position, with the arm extended towards the point from which the person came, or is to come; then bring it gradually near the {278} body, but not in contact with it; or if he continued on, carry it in the direction he passed. 54. _Snake_—The fore finger is extended horizontally, and passed along forward in a serpentine line. This is also used to indicate the Snake nation of Indians. 55. _Crow nation of Indians_—The hands held out each side, and striking the air in the manner of flying. 56. _Light_—Make the sign of the sun in the eastern horizon, and then extend the hands together, with the palm upwards, and carry them from each other outwards. 57. _Flat-head nation_—One hand placed on the top of the head, and the other on the back of the head. 58. _Pierced-nose nation_—The finger extended, pass it horizontally by the nostrils. 59. _Trade_—First make the sign of _exchange_, (No. 26.) then pat the left arm with the right finger, with a rapid motion from the hand passing it towards the shoulder. 60. _Sioux nation_—The edge of the hand passed across the throat, as in the act of cutting that part. 61. _Black-foot nation_—The finger and thumb encircle the ancle. 62. _Arrapaho nation_—The fingers of one hand touch the breast in different parts, to indicate the tattooing of that part in points. 63. _Carrying a pack_—The hands are placed each side of the head, as if they held the strap of the _hoppas_, which passes round the forehead, in order to relieve that part, by supporting a portion of the weight of the burden; with this motion, two or three slight inclinations of the head and corresponding movements of the hands are also made. 64. _Pretty_—Another sign, beside that marked {279} No. 43., is the following: curve the fore finger of the right hand, and place the tip on the ridge of the nose between the eyes, so as to represent a high Roman nose; then bring down the hand in a curvilinear manner, until the wrist touches the breast; after which add the sign, No. 42. 65. _No, not, or none_—The hand waved outwards, with the thumb upward. For yes, see No. 30. 66. _Destroyed, or all gone, no more_—The hands held horizontally, and the palms rubbed together, two or three times round; the right hand is then carried off from the other, in a short horizontal curve.