cut-arm

Updated: June 4, 2025

The Cheyenne, or "Cut-arm," by drawing the hand across the arm, to imitate cutting it with a knife. The Arapahoes, or "Smellers," by seizing the nose with the thumb and fore-finger. The Sioux, or "Cut-throats," by drawing the hand across the throat.

Randolph Barnes Marcy - The Prairie Traveler : A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions