Draw the extended right hand, palm downward, across the throat from left to right. (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ II, III; _Shoshoni and Banak_ I; _Ute_ I; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II.) "Cut-throats." Fig 290.
Pass the flat right hand along the outer edge of the foot from the heel to beyond the toes. (_Dakota_ VIII; _Hidatsa_ I; _Ponka_ II; _Arikara_ I; _Pani_ I.) Same as Fig. 286, above.
Pass the right hand quickly over the right foot from the great toe outward, turn the heel as if brushing something therefrom. (_Dakota_ V.)
Pass the widely separated thumb and index of the right hand over the lower leg, from just below the knee nearly down to the heel. (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II.)
Rub the upper and outer part of the right thigh in a small circle with the open right hand, fingers pointing downward. This sign is also made by the Arapahos. (_Dakota_ IV.) "These Indians were once caught in a prairie fire, many burned to death, and others badly burned about the thighs; hence the name Si-caⁿ-gu 'burnt thigh' and the sign. According to the Brulé chronology, this fire occurred in 1763, which they call 'The-People-were-burned-winter.'"
Pass the flat right hand quickly over the thigh from near the buttock forward, as if brushing dust from that part. (_Dakota_ V, VI, VII, VIII.)
Brush the palm of the right hand over the right thigh, from near the buttock toward the front of the middle third of the thigh. (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II.)
Fingers and thumb separated, straight (as in R), and dotted about over the face to represent the marks made by the small-pox. (_Arapaho_ II; _Cheyenne_ V; _Dakota_ III, VI, VII, VIII.) "This band suffered from the disease many years ago."
With the thumb over the ends of the fingers, hold the right hand upright, its back forward, about six inches in front of the face, or on one side of the nose near the face, and suddenly extend and spread all the fingers, thumb included. (_Dakota_ IV.) "The word _Ogalala_ means scattering or throwing at, and the name was given them, it is said, after a row in which they threw ashes into one another's faces."
One hand placed on the top of the head, and the other on the back of the head. (_Long_.)