Sign talk
A Universal Signal Code, Without Apparatus, for Use in the Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, and Daily Life
By Ernest Thompson Seton
Author of “Wild Animals I Have Known,” “Life Histories of Northern Animals,” “The Book of Woodcraft,” etc., etc. Chief of the Woodcraft League of America
THE GESTURE LANGUAGE OF THE CHEYENNE INDIANS
With additional Signs used by other tribes, also a few necessary Signs from the code of the Deaf in Europe and America, and others that are established among our Policemen, Firemen, Railroad Men, and School Children
IN ALL 1,725
Prepared with assistance from General Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A.
The French and German equivalent words added by Lillian Delger Powers, M. D.
700 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1918
Copyright, 1918, by Ernest Thompson Seton
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Ernest Thompson Seton
SIGN TALK
PREFACE
HADLEY INDIAN SIGN PRINTS
INTRODUCTION
ITS ANTIQUITY
ITS UNIVERSALITY
AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
CODES, ETC.
DEAF CODE
THE INDIAN CODE
A COMPARISON OF THE TWO CODES
ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SIGN LANGUAGE
PROPER NAMES
TO WHAT PURPOSE?
NOUNS AND PRONOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
INTERROGATION
PERIOD OR FULL STOP
ABSTRACT IDEAS
OPPOSITION
EMPHASIS
PARALLEL OR DUPLICATE SIGNS
ENUNCIATION OR DELIVERY
ELEGANCE
THE CONCEPT AND ITS VALUE
THE MANUAL ALPHABET
THE NUMERALS
THE ORDINALS
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SIGN LANGUAGE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PICTURE-WRITING
NOTE
Footnotes
SIGN TALK
SIGN TALK OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
APPENDIX
FOOTBALL SIGNALS
BOOKS BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
