Chapter 32

Abbreviations in signs, 338 Abnaki, Intelligence communicated by, 369 Absaroka, Tribal signs for, 458 Abstract ideas expressed in signs, 348 Actors, modern, Use of gestures by, 308 Addison, Gestures of orators, 294 Aeschylus, Theatrical gestures, 286 Affirmation, Sign for, 286, 454 Alarm, Signs for, 529, 538 Alaskan Indians, Dialogue between, 492 Alaskans, Sign language of the, 313 Alive, Sign for, 421 All together, Sign for, 523 Anger, Sign for, 301 , Signal for, 529 Antelope, Signs for, 410 Antiquity of gesture speech, 285 Apache pictographs connected with signs, 372 , Tribal signs for, 459 Apaches, Smoke signals of the, 538 Aphasia, Gestures in, 276 Applause, Signs for, 300 Application, Practical, of sign language, 346 Approbation, Sign for, 286 Arapaho, Tribal signs for, 460 Arbitrary signs, 340 Archaeologic research connected with sign language, 368 Argyle, Duke of, Gestures of Fuegans, 293 Arikara, Tribal signs for, 461 Arm positions, Outlines of, in sign language, 545 Arrangement in descriptions of signs, 546 Art, Modern Italian, exhibiting gestures, 292 Articulate speech, preceded by gesture, 274, 284 Artificial articulation, 275, 307 Asking, Signs for, 291, 297 Assinaboin, Tribal signs for, 461 Astute, Sign for, 305 Athenaeus, Account of Telestes, 286 , Classification of gestures, 285 Atsina, Tribal signs for, 462 Attention, Signal for, 539 Austin, Rev. Gilbert, Chironomia, 289 Australians, Gestures of, 306 Authorities in sign language, List of, 401 Ax, Sign for, 380 Bad, Signs for, 411 Banak, Tribal signs for, 462 Battle, Sign for, 419 Bear, Signs for, 412 Bede, The venerable, Treatise on gestures, 287 Bell, Prof. A. Graham, Vocal articulation of dogs, 275 Blackfeet, Tribal signs for, 462 Blind, Gestures of the, 278 Born, Signs for, 356 Bossu, M., Signs of the Atakapa, 324 Brave, Signs for, 352, 364, 414 Brother, Sign for, 521 Brule Dakota colloquy in signs, 491 Buffalo, Sign for, 488 Signals for, discovered, 532 Bushmann, J.C.E., Signs of Accocessaws, 324 Butler, Prof. James D., Italian signs, 408 Burton, Capt. R.F., Arapaho language, 314 Cabeca de Vaca, Signs of Timucuas, 324 Caddo, Tribal sign for, 464 Camp, Signals for, 532, 539 Capture, Sign for, 506 Chesterfield, Lord, Gestures of orators, 311 Cheyenne, Tribal signs for, 464 Chief, Signs for, 353, 416 Child, Signs for, 304, 356 Children, Gestures of young, 276 Chinese characters connected with signs, 356, 357 , Expedient of the, in place of signs, 306 Chinook jargon, 313 Chironomia, by Rev. Gilbert Austin, 289 Cistercian monks, Gestures of the, 288, 364 Clarke, Mr. Ben., Local source of sign language, 317 Classic pantomimes, 286 Cold, Signs for, 345, 486 Collaborators in sign language, List of, 401 Collecting signs, Suggestions for, 394 Comanche, Tribal signs for, 466 Come here, Signals for, 529, 532 Comedie Francaise, Gestures of the, 309 Comparison, Degrees of, in sign language, 363 Conjunctions in sign language, 367 Conventionality of signs, 333, 336, 340 Corbusier, Dr. William H., local source of sign language, 317 , Sign for strong, 304 Corporeal gestures generally, 270, 273 Correspondents, Foreign, on sign language, 407 Crafty, Sign for, 303 Cree, Tribal signs for, 466 Cresollius, Precedence of gestures, 282 Value of gestures, 280 Cut with an ax, Sign for, 550 Dakota calendar, 373, 377, 382, 384 , Tribal signs for, 467 Dalgarno, George, Gestures real writing, 355 , Works of, 284, 287 Danger, Signals for, 529, 532 Darwin, Charles, Analysis of emotional gestures, 270 , Gestures of Fuegans, 293 Day, Signs for, 371 Deaf and dumb, American annals of the, 293 Deaf-Mute College, National, Test of signs at the, 321 Deaf-mutes, Methodical signs of, 362 , Milan Convention on instruction of, 307 , Signs of instructed, 362, 397 , Signs of uninstructed, 277 , Sounds uttered by uninstructed, 277 Death, Signs for, 353, 420, 497 Deceit, Signs for, 303 Defiance, Signals for, 530 Denial of the existence of sign language, Mistaken, 326 Derision, Sign for, 301 Dialects, Numerous, connected with gesture language, 294, 306 Dialogues in sign language, 486 Dictionary of sign language, Extracts from, 409 Disappearing Mist, Account of, 327 Discontinuance of sign language, Circumstances connected with the, 312 Discourses in signs, 521 Discovery, Signals for, 533 Diversities in signs, Classes of, 341 Divisions of sign language, 270 Dodge, Col. Richard I., Abbreviations of signs, 339 , Identity of sign language, 316, 335 Dog, Signs for, 321, 387 Done, finished, Sign for, 513, 522, 528 Dorsey, Rev. J. Owen, Mistaken denial of signs, 326 Doubt, Sign for, 512 Drink, Sign for, 301, 344, 357 Dumas, Alexandra, Sicilian signs, 295 Dupe, Sign for, 305 Dust signals, 541 Eat, Sign for, 301, 480 Egyptian characters connected with signs, 304, 355, 357, 358, 359, 370, 379, 380 Emblems distinguished from signs, 389 Ethnologic facts connected with signs, 384 Etymology of words from gestures, 352 Evening, Signs for, 353 Evolution, distinguished from invention of sign language, 319, 388 Exchange, Signs for, 454 Facial expression generally, 270, 273 play, giving detailed information, 271 Fatigue, Sign for, 305 Fay, Prof. E.A., contributions on signs, 309, 408 Fear, Sign for, 506 Female, Signs for, 300, 357 Ferdinand, King of Naples, speech in signs, 294 Fingers, Details of position of, in sign language, 392 , Special significance in disposition of, by Italians, 285 Fire arrows, Signals by, 540 , Signs for, 344, 380 Flathead, Tribal signs for, 468 Fool, Signs for, 297, 303, 345, 505, 506 Foreign correspondents on sign language, 407 Fox, Tribal sign for, 468 Fremont, General J.C., Signs of Pai-Utes and Shoshonis, 324 Friend, friendship, Signs for, 384, 491, 527 Gallaudet, President T.H., Facial expression, 271 , President E.M., Test of Utes in signs, 321, 323 Gender in sign language, 366 Gestures as an occasional resource, 279 as survival of a sign language, 330 , blind, of the, 278 , Etymology of words from, 352 in mental disorder, 276 , Involuntary response to, 280 , fluent talkers, of, 279 Language not proportionate to development of, 293, 314 low tribes of men, of, 279 lower animals, of, 275 modern actors, used by, 308 modern orators, used by, 311 young children, of, 276 Gilbert, G.K., Pueblo etchings, 371, 372, 373 Glad, Sign for, 495 Good, Signs for, 424 Grammar, Sign language with reference to, 359 Grass, Sign for, 343 Greek vases, Figures on, explained by modern Italian gestures, 289, 290 Grow, Sign for, 343 Habitation, Signs for, 427 Haerne, Mgr. D. de, Works on sign language, 292 Hale, Horatio, Mohawk signs, 327 Halt! Signals for, 530, 535 Hand positions, Types of, 547 Hand-shaking, connected with signs, 385 Harpokrates, Erroneous character for, 304 Hear, Signs for, 376 Hento (Gray Eyes), Wyandot signs, 327 Heredity, Cases of, in speech, 276, 277 Hesitation, Signs for, 291 Hidatsa, Tribal signs for, 469 History of sign language, 285 Hoffman, Dr. W.J. Collaboration of, in sign language, 399 Holmes, W.H., Artistic aid of, 400 Home, Signs for, 483, 485 Homomorphy of signs with diverse meanings, 342 Horn sign, Italian, 298, 299 Horse, Signs for, 433 House, Signs for, 427 Humboldt, Signs of South Americans, 307 Hunger, Signs for, 304, 485 Illustration, Scheme of, in sign language, 544 Illustrations, Examples of, for collaboration on sign language, 550 Indian, generically, Signs for, 469 languages, Discussion of, 516 Indians, Condition of the, favorable to sign language, 311 , Theories respecting the signs of, 313 Innuits, Sign language of, 307 Inquiry, Signs for, 291, 297, 303, 447, 480, 486, 494 , Signals for, 531, 536 Insult, Sign of, 304 Interjectional cries, 283 Interrogation, Mark of, in sign language, 367 Invention of new signs in sign language, 387 Involuntary response to gestures, 280 Isolation, Loss of speech by, 278 Italians, Modern, Signs of, 285, 305 Jacker, Very Rev. Edward, Disuse of signs, 325 Jorio, The canon Andrea de, Works on sign language, 289 Joy, Signs for, 300 Justice, Sign for, 302 Kaiowa, Tribal signs for, 470 Keep, Rev. J. R., Syntax of Sign language, 360 Kickapoo, Tribal signs for, 470 Kill, Signs for, 377, 437 Kin ch[=e]-[)e]ss, Address of, 521 Knife, Sign for, 386 Kutine, Tribal signs for, 470 Language, Primitive, theories upon, 282 Lately, Signs for, 366 Lean Wolf's Complaint, in signs, 526 Leibnitz, Signs connected with philology, 349 syntax, 360 Leonardo da Vinci, 292 Lie, falsehood, Signs for, 345, 393, 550 Lightning, Signs for, 373 Lipan, Tribal sign for, 471 Loss of speech by isolation, 278 Love, Signs for, 345, 521 Low tribes of men, Gestures of, 279 Lower animals, Gestures of, 275 Lucian, de saltatione, 287 Man, Sign for, 416 Mandan, Tribal sign for, 471 Mano in fica, Neapolitan sign, 300 Many, Signs for, 445, 496, 524, 535 Marriage, Signs for, 290 Maya characters connected with signs, 356, 376 Medicine, Signs for, 386 Medicine-man, Signs for, 380 Mental disorder, Gestures in, 276 Methodical signs of deaf-mutes, 362 Mexican characters connected with signs, 357, 375, 377, 380, 382 Michaelius, Algonkin signs, 324 Milan convention on instruction of deafmutes, 307 Missouri River, Sign for, 477 Modern use of sign language, 293 Money, Sign for, 297 Moose, Sign for, 495 Moqui pictographs connected with signs, 371, 373 Morgan, Lewis H., Atsina signs, 312 Morse, E.S., Japanese signs, 442 Mother, Sign for, 479 Motions relative to parts of body in sign language, 393 Much, Signs for, 446 Mueller, Max, Theories relating to language, 277, 281, 283 Narratives in sign language, 500 Natci's narrative in signs, 500 National Deaf-Mute College, 321, 408 Natural pantomime, 280 signs, 307, 340 Na-wa-gi-jig's story in signs, 508 Neapolitan gestures and signs, 289, 296-305 Negation of affirmative in sign language, 391 , Signs for, 290, 299, 300, 304, 355, 440, 494 Night, Signs for, 358 Nothing, none, Signs for, 322, 355, 356, 443 Now, Signs for, 366 Occasional resource, Gestures as an, 279 Ojibwa dialogue in signs, 499 pictographs connected with signs, 371, 372, 376, 380, 381 , Tribal sign for, 472 Old man, Sign for, 338 Omaha colloquy in signs, 490 Onomatopeia, 283 Opposite, Signs for, 353 Opposition in sign language, 364 Oral language defined, 273 , primitive, 274 Orators, modern, Gestures used by, 311 Origin of sign language, 273 Osage, Tribal signs for, 472 Ouray, head chief of Utes, 315, 328 Pani, Tribal signs for, 472 Pantomime, Natural, 280 Pantomimes, Classic, 286 Partisan, Signs for, 384, 418 Patricio's narrative in signs, 505 Peace, Signals for, 530, 534, 535 , Signs for, 438 Pend d'Oreille, Tribal sign for, 473 Period, Mark of, in sign language, 368 Permanence of signs, 329 Peruvian characters connected with signs, 371 Philology, Relation of sign language to, 349 Phrases in sign language, 479 Pictographs connected with sign language, 368 Porter, Prof. Samuel, Thought without language, 277 Possession, Sign for, 484, 524 Powell, J.W., Indian orthography, 484 , Inflexions in Indian languages, 351 , Linguistic classification, 403 Prepositions in sign language, 367 Pretty, Signs for, 300 Primitive language, Theories upon, 282 oral language, 274 Prisoner, Sign for, 345 Proper names in sign language, 364, 476 Pueblo pictographs connected with signs, 373 , Tribal sign for, 473 Punctuation in sign language, 367 Quantity, Signs for, 291, 359, 445 Question, Signs for, 291, 297, 303, 447, 480, 486, 494 , Signals for, 531, 536 Quintilian, Antiquity of gesture language, 285 , Powers of gesture, 280 , Questioning by gesture, 449 , Rules for gesture, 285 Rabbit, Sign for, 321 Rabelais, Forced and mistaken signs, 338 , Head shaking, 441 , Primitive language, 282 , Sign for marriage, 290 , Signs addressed to women, 310 , Universal language, 287 Raffaelle, Attention to gestures, 292 Railroad cars, Sign for, 322 Rain myth, Signs for, 344, 357, 372 Rapport necessary in gestures, 310 Rejection, Signs for, 298, 299 Researches in sign language, how made, 395 Results sought in study of sign language, 346 Ride, Sign for, 551 Ruxton, 324 Sac, or Sanki, Tribal sign for, 473 Safety, Signals for, 536 Sahaptin, Tribal sign, for, 473 Same, similar, Sign for, 385 Sayce, Prof. A.H., Origin of language in gestures, 283, 284 Scocciare, Italian sign for, 298 Seraglio, mutes of the, Gestures of the, 307 Shawnee, Tribal sign for, 474 Sheepeater, Tribal signs for, 474 Shoshone, Tribal signs for, 474 Sibscota, Mutes of Seraglio, 307 Sicard, Abbe, Deaf mute signs, 277, 288, 362 Sicily, Gesture language in, 295 Sign language, Abstract ideas expressed in, 348 , Alaskans, of the, 513 , Antiquity of, 285 , Apache pictographs connected with, 372 , Archaeologic research connected with, 368 , Arrangement in description of signs in, 546 , Australian, 306 , Authorities in, list of, 401 , Chinese characters connected with, 356, 357 , Cistercian monks, of, 283, 364 , collaborators in, List of, 401 , comparison, Degrees of, in, 363 , Conjunctions in, 367 , Convention, not requiring, 334 , Corporeal gestures in, 270, 273 , correspondents, Foreign, on, 407 , deaf-mutes, of uninstructed, 277 , dialects, numerous, connected with, 294 , Dialogues in, 486 , Dictionary of, Extracts from, 409 , Discontinuance of, 312 , Discourses in, 521 , Egyptian characters connected with, 304, 355, 357-359, 370, 379, 380 , Emotional gestures in, 270 , Ethnologic facts connected with, 384 evolved rather than invented, 319 , Facial expression in, 270, 273 , fingers, Details of position of, in, 392, 547 , Gender in, 366 , Grammar connected with, 359 , hand positions, Types of, in, 547 , History of, 285 , illustration, Scheme of, in, 544 , Indian and deaf-mute, compared, 320 and foreign, compared, 319 Special and peculiar is the, 319 Indians, North American, Once universal among, 324-326 Conditions favorable to, 311 Innuits, of the, 307 , interrogation, Mark of, in, 367 , Invention of new signs in, 387 , Italians, modern, of, 285, 305 , languages, Indian, compared with, 351 , Maya characters connected with, 356, 376 , Mexican characters connected with, 357, 375, 377, 380, 382 , Mistaken denial of existence of, 326 , Modern use of, 293 , Modern use of, by other than North American Indians, 320 , Motions relative to parts of body in, 393, 545 , Narratives in, 500 , Negation or affirmative in, 391 , Ojibwa pictographs connected with, 371, 372, 380, 381 , Opposition in, 364 , Oral language not proportioned to development of, 293, 314 , Origin of, 273 , Origin of, from a particular tribe, 316 , Outlines of arm positions in, 545 , period, Mark of, in, 368 , Peruvian characters connected with, 371 , Phrases in, 479 , Pictographs connected with, 368 , Practical application of, 346 , preceded articulate speech, 274, 284 , Prepositions in, 367 , Prevalence of Indian system of, 323 , Proper names in, 364, 476 , Pueblo pictographs connected with, 373 , Punctuation, in, 367 , Philology, relation of, to, 349 , Researches, Mode in which made on, 395 , Resemblance to Indian languages, 351 , Results sought in the study of, 346 , Seraglio, of the mutes of the, 307 , Sicilian, 295 , Sociologic conditions connected with, 293, 304 , South American, 307 , Survival of, 306 , Syntax connected with, 359 , Tense in, 366 , Time in, 366 , Tribal signs in, 458 , writing, Origin of, connected with, 354 Signals, Apache, 534 , bodily action, Executed by, 529 , Cheyenne and Arapaho, 542 , Dust, 541 , Fire arrows used in, 540 , Foreign, 549 , Smoke, 536 when person signaling is not seen, 536 with objects in connection with personal action, 532 Signs, Abbreviation in, 338 , Arbitrary, 340 , Conventional, 333, 336, 340 deaf-mutes, of uninstructed, 277 , diversities in, Classes of, 341 , Forced, 336 , Homomorphy of, with diverse meanings, 342 , Mistaken, 336 , Natural, 307, 340 , Oral language, not proportioned to development of, 293, 314 , Permanence of, 329 , Power of, compared with speech, 347, 349 , Surviving in gesture, 330 , Symmorphs in, 343 , Synonyms in, 341 , Systematic use of, distinguished from uniformity of, 330 , Theories of Indians, respecting the, 313 Silence, Sign for, 304 Small, Sign for, 302 Smoke, Sign for, 343, 380 signals, 536 , Foreign, 539 Smyth, E. Brough, Australian, signs, 306, 408 Sociologic conditions connected with use of gestures, 293 Soldier, Signs for, 344, 449, 505 South Americans, Signs of, 307 Speak, speech, Signs for, 345, 373 Squirrel, Sign for, 321 Steamboat, Sign for, 388 Stone, Signs for, 386, 515 Stupidity, Signs for, 303 Submission, Signals for, 531 Suggestions for collecting signs, 394 Sun, Signs for, 344, 370 Sunrise, Sign for, 371 Surrender, Signals for, 531, 536 Surrounded, Signal for, 536 Suspicion, Sign for, 306 Swedenborg, Primitive language, 288 Symbols, distinguished from signs, 388 Symmorphs in signs, 343 Synonyms in signs, 341 Syntax, Sign language with reference to, 359 Talkers, fluent, Gestures of, 279 Tendoy-Huerito dialogue in signs, 486 Tennanah, Tribal sign for, 475 Tense in sign language, 336 Theft, Signs for, 292, 345 Time, in sign language, 386 , long, Sign for, 522 , Signs for, 350, 508 To-day, Signs for, 386 Trade, Signs for, 381, 450, 495 Tree, Signs for, 343, 496, 524 Tribal signs, 458 Trumbull, Dr. J. Hammond, Composition of Indian words, 351 Tso-di-a'-ko's Report, in signs, 524 Tylor, Dr. E.B., Sign language, 293, 320, 323 Uniformity of signs distinguished from their systematic use, 330 Ute, Tribal signs for, 475 Village, Signs for, 386 Vinci, Leonardo da, use of gestures, 292 Wagon, Sign for, 322 Want, Sign for, 344 Warning, Sign for, 301, 302 Washington, City of, Sign for, 470 Water, Signs for, 357, 494 White man, Signs for, 450, 469, 491, 000, 526 Whitney, Prof. W.D., Primitive speech, 283 Wichita, Tribal signs for, 476 Wilkins, Bishop, Philosophic language, 288 Williams, Mr. B.O., 326 Wiseman, Cardinal, Gesture of blind man, 278 , Italian signs, 408 Woman, Sign for, 497 Worthlessness, Sign for, 301 Writing, origin of, Gestures connected with the, 354 Wyandot, Tribal sign for, 476