Chapter I: Am Hungry, Give Me Something to Eat

(1) Touch the breast with the tips of the extended fingers of the right hand--_I_, (2) place the outer edge of the flat and extended right hand against the pit of the stomach, palm upward, then make a sawing motion from side to side with the hand--_hunger_, (3) place the right hand before the face, back upward, and fingers pointing toward the mouth, then thrust the fingers rapidly to and from the mouth several times-_eat_.

ANALYSIS.

A[n]-an'-t | pi'-hu-ki'um | ----
(1) | (2) | (3)
I (have) | hunger | eat.

The last sign is so intimately connected with that for hunger, that no translation can be made.

GIVE ME A DRINK OF WATER.

(1) Place the tips of the index and thumb together, the remaining fingers curved, forming a cup, then pass it from a point about six inches before the chin, in a curve upward, backward and downward past the mouth--_water_, (2) then place the flat right hand at the height of the elbow in front of or slightly to the right of the body, palm up, and in passing it slowly from left to right, give the hand a lateral motion at the wrist--_give me_.

ANALYSIS.

Shu'-wu-to | do'-i'.
(1) | (2)
water | give me.

The following was also obtained by Dr. W.J. HOFFMAN from Ta-ta[n]-ka Wa-ka[n], before referred to, at the time of his visit to Washington.