Indicate by nodding the head. (_Ballard_.)
The French mutes unite the extremities of the index and thumb so as to form a circle and move the hand downward with back vertical and turned outward. It has been suggested in explanation that the circle formed and exhibited is merely the letter O, the initial of the word _oui_.
Assent is expressed, not by a downward nod as with ourselves, but by an upward nod; the head is jerked backward. Assent is also expressed by uplifting the eyebrows. (_Fison_.)
One or two nods of the head forward. (_Barnum_.)
Other remarks and illustrations upon the signs for _yes_ are given on page 286, _supra_.
The hands held out each side, and striking the air in the manner of flying. (_Long_.)
Imitate the flapping of the bird's wings with the two hands, palms downward, brought close to the shoulder. (_Burton_.)
Imitate the flapping of a bird's wings with the two hands, palms to the front and brought close to the shoulder. (_Creel_.)
Place the flat hand as high as and in front or to the side of the right shoulder, move it up and down, the motion occurring at the wrist. For more thorough representation both hands are sometimes employed. (_Arapaho_ II; _Cheyenne_ V; _Dakota_ V, VI, VIII; _Ponka_ II; _Kaiowa_ I; _Pani_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II.) "Bird's wing."
Both hands extended, with fingers joined (W), held near the shoulders, and flapped to represent the wings of a crow. (_Dakota_ II, III.)
At the height of the shoulders and a foot outward from them, move the upright hands forward and backward twice or three times from the wrist, palms forward, fingers and thumbs extended and separated a little; then place the back or the palm of the upright opened right hand against the upper part of the forehead; or half close the fingers, placing the end of the thumb against the ends of the fore and middle fingers, and then place the back of the hand against the forehead. This sign is also made by the Arapahos. (_Dakota_ IV.) "To imitate the flying of a bird, and also indicate the manner in which the Absaroka wear their hair."
Make with the arms the motion of flapping wings. (_Kutine_ I.)
The flat right hand, palm outward to the front and right, is held in front of the right shoulder, and quickly waved back and forth a few times. When made for the information of one ignorant of the common sign, both hands are used, and the hands are moved outward from the body, though still near the shoulder. (_Shoshoni and Banak_ I.) "Wings, i.e., of a crow." Fig. 281.