Confess (Show the heart). Lay points of both compressed hands on centre of breast, then spring them away, out and aside, turning them flat and palms up. Sometimes but one hand is used. I am inclined to
think that this should be simply Heart and Behold, although none of my Indians made it that way. Sometimes sign You, Tell, True.
Fr. confesser; Ger. gestehen.
Congress. Sign Whiteman, Chief, Council (No. 2).
Fr. le Congrès; Ger. der Kongresz.
Connivance (Wink, that is, close one eye). This ancient sign assumes that the person who should see, closes the eye next his accomplice. (Pop. Also Cheyenne.)
Fr. la connivence; Ger. die Konnivenz, das (strafbare) Einverständnis.
Consider, Ponder, or Weigh (Wisdom looking on the ground). Sign Wolf (i.e., wisdom, analogous with our word “foxy”), then turn downward the points of the two fingers representing the wolf ears, back of hand near the eyes and moving the hand from right to left as in surveying the ground. (Scott.)