Indian sign talk [microform] : being a book of proofs of the matter printed on equivalent cards designed for teaching sign talkign [sic] Indians as much English as can be explained through the medium of their almost universial [sic] gesture language

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INDIAN SIGN TALK.
Being a Book of Proofs
OF THE
MATTER PRINTEDON EQUIVALENT CARDS
DESIGNED FOR TEACHING
SIGN TALK I GN/I NDI ANS
AS MUCH ENGLISH AS CAN BE
EXPLAINED
THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEIR
ALMOST
Universial Gesture Language
BY
In-^o-notn-pn sli'i.
Authorofacrrml vocfihulririesofIndianLanguages.
Copyright secured hy Lewis, F. Hadliy.
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INDIAN SIGN TALK.
I'HEFAVE.
Thepresentseems a fitting ojtportunity toprepare a brief resumeofthe
historyofthisidea ofprinting the gestures of the Indinns'Si^n Lan^un^e
i7h suchorder that Indians who know the si^ns nii^ht heeome readers of
si^ns, and in the hope, ifreaders, the si>ins eould he utilized as a meansof
educating the adult elass in anymatter that eould be explained in their
sign language.
Havinglired nearlyall m'flife inrontaet with Indians, I hare noticed
theirliahit of gesturing in their coniniunications between themselves, and
when talking towhites; butit did notoccurto me thattheirgestures meant
anymorethantfwseofsome ivhitc men u'ho throw their arms about like the
sailsofa crazy oldwind mill n-ithout thought ofmethod, or of conveying
any idea whatever.
Jiut, when theSmit/isonian InstitutionaskedeolleetorsofIndian matters
to take notice of signs and make it a /lart of their work, I began to
believetheremightbe.something init, and whenin 1880 theBureauofEth-
nologyissued itsvolnm.inoa^reportonthis, andother matters. I becamefully
interested anddetermined toilrop thecollertionof Indian uu>rds and devote
myselfto theinvestigationof the gestures called Sign Talk.
Skipping theyears of di/ficuity incipient to many new investigations, I
came to the point wheref saw I must abandontheruleslaiddownforguid-
anceinrepresentingsignsasbtin^needlessly burdensome, and anotherftlan
occurring to my mind which ]tvomised better results, I adopted the idea
generallyobserved inthis work.
AllImlian gestureshave someessentialposition, and my effort has been
to learnthatpositionand tomakea diagram ofit, showing mtwement by a
dotted line to orfrom thatessential position. 1 also usually represented the
positionas seenwhilemaking thesigns withmy own hands.
The resultwasa diagram soplain, thattheIndian himselfcould readit
as soonashe learned the meofthedotted linesluxving the movement.
When J realized that, T redoubled my efforts, believing they
could be utilized as a means of enlightenment to all sign talk-
ing tribes, especially to .inch as had passed .schoolage. How well my part of
this work has been done, I leave for interestedparties todecide. I couldfill
severalpages withinteresting matter concerning the .strugglefrom thispoint
ofconceiving oftlie idea anditsaccomplishment; the years ofprivation be-
forereceiving any assi-stantsefrontothers, butI forbear.
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