Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples Part 48

(27) _taai'!_ ho!

(28) _mi'gwam_ the ice

(29) _ma'dja_ goes

(30)(31) Gestures only.

(32) _we'wib_ quickly

(33)(34) Gestures only.

(35) _wagak'wadons_ hatchet

(36) (37) Gestures only.

(38) (39) _nin bita'gime_ I put on snowshoes

(40) _win madja'min_ we go (start)

(41) Gestures only.

(42) (43) _mamaw'e_ together

(44) Gesture only.

(45) _esh'kam ki'tchi no'din_ more big wind

(46) Gesture only.

(47) _mi ja'igwa gima'djishkad_ (i.e., _mi'gwam_) already has moved off (i.e., the ice)

(48) (49) Gestures only.

(50) _mi'wapi_ thus far, i.e., at such a distance

(51) Gesture only.

(52) _a'nin dash gediji'tehigeiang?_ how (i.e., what) shall we do?

(53) (54) _mi e'ta be'jigw.a.n.g wagak'wadons_ only one hatchet

(55) _ge'get gisan'agissimin_ indeed we are badly off.

(56) _haw! bak'wewada mi'gwam!_ well! (hallo!) let us cut the ice!

(57) (58) (59) Gestures only.

(60) _sa'nagad_ it is bad (hard)

(61) _mi epi'tading_ so it is thick (so thick is it)

(62) Gesture only.

(63) _mi dash mi'nawa minik'_ that again much (that much again)

(64) _nibi' gon ga'ie_ water snow too (water and snow)

(65) _nimidjik a'wanag_ my mittens

(66) _a'pitchi_ very much

(67) _nindas'san gaie_ my trowsers two

(68) Gestures only.

(69) _nin gi'katch ja'igwa_ I feel cold already

(70) _aw sa kiwen'si_ the old man

(71) _nawatch' win'_ more yet he

(72) Gesture only.

(73) _nind aie'kos ja'igwa_ I am tired already

(74) Gesture only.

(75) _Sa'badis_ John Baptist

(76) _memesh'kwat kaki'na_ by turns all

(77) Gesture only.

(78) _wi'ka ga'ishkwanawo'kweg_ late in the afternoon

(79) _mi gibakwew.a.n.gid_ now it is cut loose

(80) _haw!_ well! (ho!)

(81) _mama'we_ together

(82) Gesture only.

(83) _a'gimag_ snowshoes

(84) _ma'djishka_ it is moving

(85)-(87) Gestures only.