Fig. 303.
The following was also obtained by Dr. W. J. Hoffman from Ta-taⁿ-ka Wa-kaⁿ, before referred to, at the time of his visit to Washington.
I am going home.
(1) Touch the breast with the extended index—I, (2) then pass it in a downward curve, outward and upward toward the right nearly to arm’s length, as high as the shoulder—am going (to), (3) and when at that point suddenly clinch the hand and throw it edgewise a short distance toward the ground—my country, my home. Fig. 303.
ANALYSIS.
| Ma-ko´-ce | mi-ta´-wa | kin | e-kta´ | wa-gle´ | kta. |
| (3) | (2) | (1) | |||
| Country | my own | the | to | I go home | will. |