The forefingers are extended, held obliquely upward, and crossed at right angles to one another, usually in front of the chest. (_Mandan and Hidatsa_ I.)
Bring each hand as high as the breast, forefinger pointing up, the other fingers closed, then move quickly the right hand to the left, the left to the right, the forefingers making an acute angle as they cross. (_Omaha_ I; _Ponka_ I.)
The palm point of the right index extended touches the chest; it is then turned toward the second individual interested, then touches the object. The arms are now drawn toward the body, semiflexed, with the hands, in type-positions (W W), crossed, the right superposed to the left. The individual then casts an interrogating glance at the second person. (_Oto and Missouri_ I.) "To cross something from one to another."
Close the hands, except the index fingers and the thumbs; with them open, move the hands several times past one another at the height of the breast; the index fingers pointing upward and the thumbs outward. (_Iroquois_ I.) "The movement indicates 'exchanging.'"
Hold the left hand horizontally before the body, with the forefinger only extended and pointing to the right, palm downward; then, with the right hand closed, index only extended, palm to the right, place the index at right angles on the forefinger of the left, touching at the second joints. (_Kaiowa_ I; _Comanche_ III; _Apache_ II; _Wichita_ II.)
Pass the hands in front of the body, all the fingers closed except the forefingers. (_Sahaptin_ I.)
Close the fingers of both hands (K); bring them opposite each shoulder; then bring the hands across each other's pathway, without permitting them to touch. At the close of the sign the left hand will be near and pointing at the right shoulder; right hand will be near and pointing at the left shoulder. (_Comanche_ I.)
Close both hands, leaving the forefingers only extended; place the right before and several inches above the left, then pass the right hand toward the left elbow and the left hand toward the right elbow, each hand following the course made by a flourishing cut with a short sword. This sign, according to the informant, is also employed by the Banak and Umatilla Indians. (_Comanche_ II; _Pai-Ute_ I.)