Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Indian Sign Talk (1893)


Indian Sign Talk is a book by Lewis Francis Hadley designed for teaching sign talking, a single silent language that he estimated was known by over 100,000 Native people.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:09 am

    I think 100,000 is conservative, but may be correct after smallpox decimated the tribes.
    xoxoxoBruce

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