Sign Talk: A Universal Signal Code, Without Apparatus, for Use in the Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, and Daily Life by Ernest Thompson Seaton

Author:Ernest Thompson Seaton [Seaton, Ernest Thompson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andhof
Published: 2016-01-15T23:00:00+00:00

Goat. Sign Horns, with the straight G fingers on each side of head, and Beard. Sometimes omit Horns, signing only Beard.

Fr. la chèvre ; Ger. die Ziege.

God (The Great Mystery). Sign Medicine and Great.

Fr. Dieu ; Ger. Gott.

Gold. Sign Money and Yellow, or Hard and Yellow.

For Gold coin sign, Chief, Money.

Fr. l’or ; Ger. das Gold.

Gone. See Absent.

Good, All right, Level, Fair, Just (Level with the heart). Hold the flat extended right hand, back up, level, touching the left breast; swing the hand briskly out to front and slightly up in a curve.

Fr. bon ; Ger. gut.

Good-bye. Hold right hand flat, palm down, pointing forward horizontally at height of head and shake the hand up and down by wrist action. A whiteman’s sign recently adopted by Indians.

Fr. adieu, au revoir ; Ger. lebe wohl!

Good-morning. Sign Day and Good.

Fr. bonjour ; Ger. guten Morgen.

Goose. Sign Bird, moving the wing hands slowly; hold both flat hands low, side by side, a little apart, backs up; push them down sharply a few inches, for flat feet. Sometimes also make the honk sound.

Fr. l’oie ; Ger. die Gans.

Gorge. See Gap.

Gossip. See Telltale.

Grain, of any kind. Hold both hands hollow together, as in Bowl ; shake, then point to the hollow of the left with right G. (Sheeaka.) The exact kind must be Wheat is Bread and Sow ; Oats is Horse, Eat, Sow.

Fr. le grain ; Ger. das Getreide.

Grandchild. With the flat right, pat one’s own back where the baby is carried. Among the Cheyennes, only the grandmother uses this.

Grand Coup. See Count Coup.

Grandfather. Sign Old and Father.

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