Y
Year. See Time.
Yell, Holla, or Cry Out. Place the G hand on the mouth, jerking it much upward and a little forward to show the sound coming out of the mouth and going far. Compare Called.
Fr. holá hé! Ger. holla!; hallo schreien.
Yes (Bowing of the head and body). Hold right hand upright near shoulder, index and thumb only extended, others closed; move it slightly to the left and a foot downward, at the same time closing the index over the thumb. Or simply nod.
Fr. oui; Ger. ja.
Yesterday (Beyond the night). Sign Night; then, holding left in position, swing the right upward and to right on a curve, finishing at height of left, palm up, i.e., Beyond. Or, sign Before and Day. Or, One, Sleep, Behind.
Fr. hier; Ger. gestern.
Yonder, Over yonder. Point as in There, or with G, then swing the finger up over and down farther ahead. Compare Far.
Fr. là-bas; Ger. drüben, dort.
You or Thou. Singular, point at the person; for plural, point, then add All; that is, swing the finger in a horizontal circle (You, all).
Fr. vous; Ger. Sie.
Young (A sprout). Hold the hand as in Grow; then lower it emphatically a foot. Sometimes use Old and Not.
Fr. jeune; Ger. jung.
Younger. Sign Born and After.
Fr. plus jeune, cadet; Ger. jünger.
Your. See Possession.
APPENDIX
FOOTBALL SIGNALS
| Signals. | Fouls. |
|---|---|
| Grasping of wrist | Holding |
| Shaking fists | Unnecessary Roughness |
| Crossed legs | Tripping |
| Sifting of hands | Illegally in motion |
| Hands on Hips | Off-side |
| Arm aloft | Refusal of Penalty |
| Arms extended sidewise | Incompleted F. Pass |
| Arms folded | Interlocked interference |
| Both arms aloft | Score |
| Military Salute | Loose-ball foul |
NOTE—These signals will be given to the press-stand by the referee from behind the offensive team.
FRANK BIRCH, Referee.
BOOKS BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN, 1898
The stories of Lobo, Silverspot, Molly Cottontail, Bingo, Vixen,
The Pacing Mustang, Wully and Redruff. Price, $2.00. (Scribners.)
THE TRAIL OF THE SANDHILL STAG, 1899
The story of a long hunt that ended without a tragedy. Price,
$1.50. (Scribners.)
BIOGRAPHY OF A GRIZZLY, 1900
The story of old Wahb from cubhood to the scene in Death
Gulch. Price, $1.50. (Century Company.)
LOBO, RAG AND VIXEN, 1900
This is a school edition of number one, with some of the stories
and many of the pictures left out. Price, 50c. net. (Scribners.)
THE WILD ANIMAL PLAY, 1900
A musical play in which the parts of Lobo, Wahb, Vixen, etc., are
taken by boys and girls. Price, 50c. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
THE LIVES OF THE HUNTED, 1901
The stories of Krag, Randy, Johnny Bear, The Mother Teal,
Chink, The Kangaroo Rat, and Tito, the Coyote. Price, $1.75 net.
(Scribners.)
PICTURES OF WILD ANIMALS, 1901
Twelve large pictures for framing (no text), viz., Krag, Lobo, Tito
Cub, Kangaroo Rat, Grizzly, Buffalo, Bear Family, Johnny Bear,
Sandhill Stag, Coon Family, Courtaut the Wolf, Tito and her
family. Price, $6.00. (Scribners.)
KRAG AND JOHNNY BEAR, 1902
This is a school edition of Lives of the Hunted with some of the
stories and many of the pictures left out. Price, 50c. net. (Scribners.)
TWO LITTLE SAVAGES, 1903
A book of adventure and woodcraft and camping out for boys, telling
how to make bows, arrows, moccasins, costumes, teepee, war-bonnet,
etc., and how to make a fire with rubbing sticks, read Indian
signs, etc. Price, $1.75 net. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
MONARCH, THE BIG BEAR OF TALLAC, 1904
The story of a big California grizzly that is living yet. Price,
$1.25 net. (Scribners.)
ANIMAL HEROES, 1905
The stories of a Slum Cat, a Homing Pigeon, The Wolf That Won,
A Lynx, A Jackrabbit, A Bull-terrier, The Winnipeg Wolf, and a
White Reindeer. Price, $1.75 net. (Scribners.)
BIRCH-BARK ROLL, 1906
The Manual of the Woodcraft Indians, first edition, 1902. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.)
WOODMYTH AND FABLE, 1905
A collection of fables, woodland verses, and camp stories. Price,
$1.25 net. (Century Company.)
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1907
Showing the Ten Commandments to be fundamental laws of all
creation. 78 pages. Price, 50c. net. (Scribners.)
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A SILVER FOX, 1909
or Domino Reynard of Goldur Town, with 100 illustrations by the
author. 209 pages. Price, $1.50 net.
A companion volume to the Biography of a Grizzly. (Century Company.)
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTHERN ANIMALS, 1909
In two sumptuous quarto volumes with 68 maps and 560 drawings
by the author. Pages 1,267. Price, $18.00 net.
Said by Roosevelt, Allen, Chapman, and Hornaday to be the best work ever written on the Life Histories of American Animals. (Scribners.)
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 1910
A handbook of Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life Craft including the
Birch-Bark Roll. 192 pages. Price, 50c. Out of print. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.)
ROLF IN THE WOODS, 1911
The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and little
dog Skookum. Over 200 drawings by the author. Price, $1.75 net.
(Doubleday, Page & Co.)
THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES, 1911
A canoe journey of 2,000 miles in search of the Caribou. 415
pages with many maps, photographs, and illustrations by the
author. Price, $1.75 net. (Scribners.)
THE BOOK OF WOODCRAFT AND INDIAN LORE, 1912
with over 500 drawings by the author. Price, $1.75 net. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.)
THE FORESTER’S MANUAL, 1912
One hundred of the best-known forest trees of eastern North
America, with 100 maps and more than 200 drawings. Price, $1.00
in cloth, 50c. in paper. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
WILD ANIMALS AT HOME, 1913
with over 150 sketches and photographs by the author. 226 pages.
Price, $1.75 net. In this Mr. Seton gives for the first time his
personal adventures in studying wild animals. (Doubleday, Page
& Co.)
MANUAL OF THE WOODCRAFT INDIANS, 1915
The fourteenth Birch-Bark Roll. 100 pages. 25c. paper, 75c.
cloth. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
WILD ANIMAL WAYS, 1916
More animal stories introducing a host of new four-footed friends,
with 200 illustrations by the author. Net, $1.50. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.)
WOODCRAFT MANUAL FOR BOYS, 1917
A handbook of Woodcraft and outdoor life for members of the
Woodcraft League. 440 pp. 700 ills. Price, 50c. (Doubleday
Page & Co.)
WOODCRAFT MANUAL FOR GIRLS, 1917
Like the foregoing but adapted for girls. 424 pp., Illus. Price,
50c. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
THE PREACHER OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.
A novel. A tale of the open country. Net, $1.35. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.)
SIGN TALK
A Universal Signal Code, Without Apparatus, for use in the
Army, the Navy, Camping, Hunting, Daily Life and among the
Plains Indians. Net, $3.00. (Doubleday, Page & Co.)
BY MRS. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
(Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.)
A WOMAN TENDERFOOT, 1901
A book of outdoor adventures and camping for women and girls.
How to dress for it, where to go, and how to profit the most by
camp life. Price, $2.00.
NIMROD’S WIFE, 1907
A companion volume, giving Mrs. Seton’s side of the many camp-fires
she and her husband lighted together in the Rockies from
Canada to Mexico. Price, $1.75 net.
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS
GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
Transcriber’s Notes
Variant spelling and hyphenation have been preserved as printed. Simple typographical errors have been corrected.
- page xlii
The hands are always held or moved so as to illustrate,[TN: changed hyphen to comma] - page xliv
the single-hand alphabet as given in the cut on page li[TN: was "II"] - page xlv
or, ‘I have nothing more to say,’[TN: added closing quote] - footnote 2
This would manifest itself in a growing conformity[TN: was "comformity"] - page 49
pointing to left, rotate a little back and forth. (Blackfoot.)[TN: moved period inside closing parenthesis.] - page 60
Fr. le dîner; Ger.[TN: added period] - page 61
Hold out both flat hands, palms[TN: removed comma] up, level, - page 107
because they chopped their fingers when in mourning.)[TN: period printed outside parenthesis] - page 113
For Kill me or Beat me, make the sign toward one’s self.[TN: was a comma] - page 132
Money (Paper). Sign Writing and Money.[TN: added period] - page 135
Fr. le couguar;[TN: was a period] Ger. der Kuguar. - page 146
O[TN: added heading] - page 216
sides of the head like the feathers in a war-bonnet.[TN: added period] - page 227
Sometimes, and particularly with Northern Indians,[TN: was a period]
All changes are also commented into the source code; search TN: