Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples Part 18

_DAKOTAN._

_Absaroka_ I. A list of signs obtained from DE-E'-KI-TCIS (Pretty Eagle), e-TCI-DI-KA-HATC'-KI (Long Elk), and PE-RI'-TCI-KA'-DI-A (Old Crow), members of a delegation of Absaroka or Crow Indians from Montana Territory, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton during the months of April and May, 1880.

_Dakota_ I. A comprehensive list, arranged with great care and skill, from Dr. CHARLES E. MCCHESNEY, acting a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, of signs collected among the Dakotas (Sioux) near Fort Bennett, Dakota, during the year 1880. Dr. McChesney requests that recognition should be made of the valuable a.s.sistance rendered to him by Mr.

WILLIAM FIELDEN, the interpreter at Cheyenne Agency, Dakota Territory.

_Dakota_ II. A short list from Dr. BLAIR D. TAYLOR, a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, from recollection of signs observed among the Sioux during his late service in the region inhabited by that tribe.

_Dakota_ III. A special contribution from Capt. A.W. CORLISS, Eighth United States Infantry, of signs observed by him during his late service among the Sioux.

_Dakota_ IV. A copious contribution with diagrams from Dr. WILLIAM H.

CORBUSIER, a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, of signs obtained from the Ogalala Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota Territory, during 1879-'80.

_Dakota_ V. A report of Dr. W.J. HOFFMAN, from observations among the Teton Dakotas while acting a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, and stationed at Grand River Agency, Dakota, during 1872-'73.

_Dakota_ VI. A list of signs obtained from PE-ZHI' (Gra.s.s), chief of the Blackfoot Sioux; NA-ZU'-LA-TAn-KA (Big Head), chief of the Upper Yanktonais; and CE-TAn-KIn-YAn (Thunder Hawk), chief of the Uncpapas, Teton Dakotas, located at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, while at Was.h.i.+ngton in June, 1880.

_Dakota_ VII. A list of signs obtained from SHUN-KU LU-TA (Red Dog), an Ogalala chief from the Red Cloud Agency, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton in company with a large delegation of Dakotas in June, 1880.

_Dakota_ VIII. A special list obtained from TA-TAnKA WA-KAn (Medicine Bull), and other members of a delegation of Lower Brule Dakotas, while at Was.h.i.+ngton during the winter of 1880-'81.

_Hidatsa_ I. A list of signs obtained from TCE-CAQ'-A-DAQ-A-QIC (Lean Wolf), chief of the Hidatsa, located at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, while at Was.h.i.+ngton with a delegation of Sioux Indians, in June, 1880.

_Mandan and Hidatsa_ I. A valuable and ill.u.s.trated contribution from Dr. WAs.h.i.+NGTON MATTHEWS, a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, author of _Ethnography and Philology of the Hidatsa Indians, Was.h.i.+ngton_, 1877, &c., lately prepared from his notes and recollections of signs observed during his long service among the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians of the Upper Missouri.

_Omaha_ I. A special list from Rev. J. OWEN DORSEY, lately missionary at Omaha Agency, Nebraska, from observations made by him at that agency in 1880.

_Oto_ I. An elaborate list, with diagrams, from Dr. W.G. BOTELER, United States Indian service, collected from the Otos at the Oto Agency, Nebraska, during 1879-'80.

_Oto and Missouri_ I. A similar contribution by the same authority respecting the signs of the Otos and Missouris, of Nebraska, collected during the winter of 1879-'80, in the description of many of which he was joined by Miss KATIE BARNES.

_Ponka_ I. A short list from Rev. J. OWEN DORSEY, obtained by him in 1880 from the Ponkas in Nebraska.

_Ponka_ II. A short list obtained at Was.h.i.+ngton from KHI-DHA-SKA, (White Eagle), and other chiefs, a delegation from Kansas in January, 1881.

_IROQUOIAN._

_Iroquois_ I. A list of signs contributed by the Hon. HORATIO HALE, author of "Philology" of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition, &c., now residing at Clinton, Ontario, Canada, obtained in June, 1880, from SAKAYENKWARATON (Disappearing Mist), familiarly known as John Smoke Johnson, chief of the Canadian division of the Six Nations, or Iroquois proper, now a very aged man, residing at Brantford, Canada.

_Wyandot_ I. A list of signs from HEN'-TO (Gray Eyes), chief of the Wyandots, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton during the spring of 1880, in the interest of that tribe, now dwelling in Indian Territory.

_KAIOWAN._

_Kaiowa_ I. A list of signs from SITTIMGEA (Stumbling Bear), a Kaiowa chief from Indian Territory, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton in June, 1880.

_KUTINEAN._

_Kutine_ I. A letter from J.W. POWELL, Esq., Indian superintendent, British Columbia, relating to his observations among the Kutine and others.

_PANIAN._

_Arikara_ I. A list of signs obtained from KUA-NUQ'-KNA-UI'-UQ (Son of the Star), chief of the Arikaras, residing at Fort Berthold, Dakota Territory, while at Was.h.i.+ngton with a delegation of Indians, in June, 1880.

_Pani_ I. A short list obtained from "ESAU," a Pani Indian, acting as interpreter to the Ponka delegation at Was.h.i.+ngton, in January, 1881.

_PIMAN._

_Pima and Papago_ I. A special contribution obtained from ANTONITO, son of the chief of the Pima Indians in Arizona Territory, while on a visit to Was.h.i.+ngton in February, 1881.

_SAHAPTIAN._

_Sahaptian_ I. A list contributed by Rev. G.L. DEFFENBAUGH, of Lapwai, Idaho, giving signs obtained at Kamiah, Idaho, chiefly from FELIX, chief of the Nez Perces, and used by the Sahaptin or Nez Perces.

_SHOSHONIAN._

_Comanche_ I. Notes from Rev. A.J. HOLT, Denison, Texas, respecting, the Comanche signs, obtained at Anadarko, Indian Territory.

_Comanche_ II. Information obtained at Was.h.i.+ngton, in February, 1880, from Maj. J.M. HAWORTH, Indian inspector, relating to signs used by the Comanches of Indian Territory.

_Comanche_ III. A list of signs obtained from KOBI (Wild Horse), a Comanche chief from Indian Territory, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton in June, 1880.

_Pai-Ute_ I. Information obtained at Was.h.i.+ngton from NA'TOI, a Pai-Ute chief, who was one of a delegation of that tribe to Was.h.i.+ngton in January, 1880.

_Shoshoni and Banak_ I. A list of signs obtained from TENDOY (The Climber), TISIDIMIT, PETE, and WI'AGAT, members of a delegation of Shoshoni and Banak chiefs from Idaho, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton during the months of April and May, 1880.

_Ute_ I. A list of signs obtained from ALEJANDRE, GA-LO-TE, AUGUSTIN, and other chiefs, members of a delegation of Ute Indians of Colorado, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton during the early months of the year 1880.

_TINNEAN._

_Apache_ I. A list of signs obtained from HUERITO (Little Blonde), AGUSTIN VIJEL, and SANTIAGO LARGO (James Long), members of a delegation of Apache chief from Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, who were brought to Was.h.i.+ngton in the months of March and April, 1880.

_Apache_ II. A list of signs obtained from NA'-KA'-NA'-NI-TEN (White Man), an Apache chief from Indian Territory, who visited Was.h.i.+ngton in June, 1880.

_Apache_ III. A large collection made during the summer of 1880, by Dr. FRANCIS H. ATKINS, acting a.s.sistant surgeon, United States Army, from the Mescalero Apaches, near South Fork, N. Mex.

_Kutchin_ I. A communication, received in 1881, from Mr. IVAN PETROFF, special agent United States census, transmitting a dialogue, taken down by himself in 1866, between the Kenaitze Indians on the lower Kinnik River, in Alaska, and some natives of the interior who called themselves _Tennanah_ or _Mountain-River-Men_, belonging to the Tinne Kutchin tribe.

_WICHITAN._