Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-13
A PIONEERS CHAT.
ne TALKS OF THE MYSTERIES OF
THE INDIANS SIGN LANGUAGE.

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"e 'AINs of THE MYSTERIES OF
! THE INDIANS, SIGN LANcliace
1ne Correct Meaning of Sitting BulI's
Sioux Name-A r-.,.,.,,., :, a..
Indian n.
| LUZ Soo-ihe sioux an
As"oc'
Mr.. Edward u .u,,
clothes and bic G5 n,s'., ~ us ouckskin
one of the ,,,ost "nl'e, iop run Iat, Is
met II was bo .t.n men ever
brought ahont H. @ sase ns.nueu, s,ii
Bull after the rnessnana .en ~ c VI S,.tine
and his troo-s anS ,% y. zen custer
ploit gave NJ su;son % 'y ma;;o.' =. inns e1-
hut. after ali ,ha. III. .1l,' M nane, a ne
axpioits and hv ~ - o.e =.
terestino m tha. o ~ ,, tne n9sI in-
nobter > bnt - ,..n e ts u ah luea. lhuian
| ticular and ,ois. ,sa., . % ~ IN .uat pai
penny-a- liners who revar Saw a nIain ~
an Indian, but who write miserable stntf
about them both by the mile.
| Mr.. Allison was horn in Micbioan IN
| 1647, and spent the first fifteen wears m
his Life on his. fathers farm Then.
though vet 40 vouno he nassed tbe eyami'
nation (standing as high as 90 and was ma.
circulated at Ann Arbor university Soon
after this he enlisted for the war ont "A
which he came. after three wears. at the
age Of 10, fitted. as the army is likely To
at one of his years. for something more
active and exciting than the old farm life
in Michigan. In 1865 he accordinglv
went west and became a government die.
patch bearer. Ever since that time he
has lived upon the plains. suffered its
hardships, learned its lessons. and now be
has come out, after TWENTY-FIVE wears Of
| IL, an Intelligent gentleman with a broad
understanding. not only of the Indians
| their language and their characteristics'
but Of "the Indian question: in ali its
phases, from that viewed by the states
man to that imagined by the ambitious
youngster who sticks his mothers bread
knife in his belt and starts to exterminata
the race of red men.
THE INDIANS, SIGN r.ANeuAcE
NJ Au,so, h.. ~, ,,.,.,r -, A..
stonY iananaaa. I ha H. ~ nc ,,..,a ,e :, 1Ie
sr,esk. = Soaa7 u aae ,ia naseu ~ nc
h,,t he savs ,ha S,anr q .hS i =, a,a
the Am.r;con ludlow "a .b.. ~ .L 900 "
oa0 Jr5ians - III sha au - .aa' =, a.. she CIV,
y tio-, nora,r;saa a. on s;..t ..Tl ns oiou1 :,
.siS \. s.oriv o,. iana ~. 20,
rioved hv al 90 -, IL
shs sten ,ano,,a., ;, Th.. aa ,,is
ra.a re an s~.,,r,. - ..;s .... :,
A. Ird;sr is h,,,,nr.-, n. ~ eue
n,,a han5 .a,,ara 81 ,,.n ns ~ miSu
S wars thro,.;na ia ~ 'uou'm ~ S as ne
r,akss = naoa,i,a Oes,,r o ,, -, auo s. 'Ien h.a
, ,na,,.S Tte . ... su eva loii ni5
i.s,. Oa. -. e ;, nS noiaiy ts'
ao, as.an \. - hn .ou II ne mas
bnngrv the o.st,re to,vara h,s no,.h 1,
greater I'm extent-tbat 10 be y,otiona 70
ward his month and continues the oastnra
clear along down "a his stomacbs-be ia
empty all the way down so 10 sneak
Now he wants To saw he has looked for
camel This is said by pointinp his two
first fingers swav from his ewes tbe bac;r
of his hand being in front of his nose IN
he wants to saw he had to look long for
the game he points in several directions
and for some time with these ssfinger
ewes"
To tell of mounting his pony and rid
ing away. he stradaled two Fingers of opa
hand over the forefinger of the other and
makes q ealloping motion with the hands
To say that he levels his gun at the game.
he holds his arms as II holding a pun'
Slapping one palm upon the other means
that he fired the gun. and slappine,s the
back of one hand on the palm Of the other |
means that he brought down the game.
II he missed the mark he makes the same |
gesture, but adds the negative flourish 70 |
it-he drought down the pame-not.n
So he goes throusA everything he has to |
say, and Mr.. Allison tells me that every |
Indian in the west knows this language |
perfectly.
o., o,-ro,.,,,,, -
th;nk Si,,;n, p,,II Y,a.-s nj, =, - r.
t;na nos,rra No,h;na annld n o;,a - ou. s
srronsoms ir,nrsss;nn 81 the 5,aan;rn -
hi. nsra L,is S;onr n.a = e rra .an =.
i-ro-tan-ta eTa-tan-ta, means hrfoIo
mi, ,La E;no - haas,s and q 70 tan-i.n,
,,,a.ns ,;,araif,, =, ~, 1o,,,,, ,,,,o tha. -
70 taIa nossass;on 81 An Ipd;,n ,so,,I5
ssy that Cen Sher,nar r,arcIsd thro,,ah
Ceo-,;a and sat- down ,non Sav.nnab
cononareJ tbs c;ty Go S;,,ina P,,u !.
tbe cononeror of tbe King nj beasts or in
othsr uarls tho Zinc of s;noo
s.Srsoling ~ ,,;stronsla,iors ~ .or-
t;n,sd M AI;son s.neonls toIt ohon.
the Indian Cod ma stbe great sn;r;t :,
trna tran.,at;on o;ves a mncb ha,,er nm
6srs,ans;nc ~ The Ind;anss idaa ~ Cd
The Stony word for .snir;t, is .nagi
shade or shadow sWa, Is a S;onr nre,~
General and oiyas to wbatavar II ,,,aceias
naS;, maans snir;t in General inst 30 .n,an,
,,as,s 20 ne man i7 ranaroI .p;, ;s
rinra1 smfsI .Wa naS nj, n,a.ns s,;r,,s
in the devotional exercises of Indians
Rut the Sioux word forGod is onite an
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