TROUBLE. Make sign for HEART; then hold right 5 hand over heart, palm almost touching, and by wrist action vibrate as in PERHAPS.
TRUE (meaning. one way or tongue straight). Hold right 1 hand, back up, under chin, close to neck; move index finger straight to the front. This means straight from heart and tongue.
TRY. Make the sign for PUSH.
TURKEY (meaning: beard). Make the sign for BIRD; then place compressed right hand under chin, pointing downwards; vibrate hand slightly by wrist action.
TWEEZERS. With tip of thumb and index, make as though same were a small pair of tweezers; then indicate pulling out hair from face or eyebrows with a jerk. This is a constant practice with Indians.
TWINKLE. Make the sign for STAR, and while holding hand in that position snap index and thumb as in LITTLE TALK.
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UGLY. Pass the palm of flat right hand in a circle close to face; then make the sign for BAY).
UNCERTAIN. Make the sign for PERHAPS.
UNDECIDED. Make the sign for PERHAPS.
UNDERSTAND. Make the sign for KNOW.
UNITE. Make the sign for WITH.
UNLUCKY. Make the signs for MEDICINE and BAD.
UP. Point upward with right index.
US. Make the signs for ME, ALL.
UTE--Indian. Make sign for INDIAN and for BLACK, and rub the face as in RED.
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VACCINATE. Make the signs for WHITES, MEDICINE, MAN, and with extended right index finger strike left arm between shoulder and elbow.
VIGILANT. Make sign for LOOK, pointing in different directions and moving hand rapidly; then signs MUCH, SLEEP, NO.
VILLAGE. Make sign for TEEPEE, and for MANY.
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WAGON (meaning: wheels). Hold hands, backs down, at equal distance in front of body, four inches apart, index fingers curved, others and thumb closed; indicate motion of wheels by making small circle with indexes.
WAGON (COVERED). Make the sign for WAGON; then hold both flat hands, backs up, indexes touching, height of face, and sweep them out and down in a curve to indicate wagon top.
WAGON-ROAD. Make the signs for ROAD and WAGON.
WAIT. Make sign for HALT, but more gently and not stopping abruptly. Repeat gesture.
WALK (meaning: motion of feet). For a person, hold flat hands in front of body equally advanced; move right to front, upwards and downwards describing an oval circle; move left to front in same way; as left is brought down draw right hand to rear and repeat first motion, thereby alternating the motions of the feet. For an animal, close the hands and make same motions as above.
WANT (meaning: give me). Hold the right hand close to chin back to right, form an unclosed circle with thumb and index, back of index at height of mouth, half inch space between tips of index and thumb, plane of circle vertical; move hand in slight curve downwards, outwards and upwards; turning hand by wrist action, ending with little finger as high as index.
WAR. Make the sign for FIGHT.
WAR BONNET. Carry the flat hands from front to rear, close to sides of head, fingers pointing upwards, palms toward head; then carry right hand from top of head well down to rear of body.
WAR-CLUB. Show the size of war-club stone; denote rawhide covering of handle by clasping left index with right hand; then strike to front and down with right hand.
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