Halt!
—— To inquire disposition.
Raise the right hand with the palm in front and gradually push it forward and back several times; if they are not hostile it will at once be obeyed. (Randolph B. Marcy, The Prairie Traveler. New York, 1859, p. 214.)
—— Stand there! He is coming to you.
Right hand extended, flat, edgewise, moved downward several times. (Omaha I.)
—— Stand there! He is going toward you.
Hold the open right hand, palm to the left, with the tips of the fingers toward the person signaled to; thrust the hand forward in either an upward or downward curve. (Omaha I; Ponka I.)
—— Lie down flat where you are—she-dhu bis-pé zhaⁿ´-ga.
Extend the right arm in the direction of the person signaled to, having the palm down; move downward by degrees to about the knees. (Omaha I; Ponka I.)
Peace; Friendship.
Hold up palm of hand.—Observed as made by an Indian of the Kansas tribe in 1833. (John T. Irving, Indian Sketches. Philadelphia, 1835, vol. ii, p. 253.)