Chapter 19

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

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

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

Æschylus, 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

Archæologic 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

Athenæus, 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

Cabéça 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

Comédie Française, 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

Frémont, 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

Hénto (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 chē-ĕss, 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

Michaëlius, 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

Müller, 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, Abbé, 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

, Archæologic 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


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