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Somatic characters 136' 



Demotic characters 164* 



Symbolism and decoration 164" 



Faee-i>ainting 164* 



Decoration in general 169 * 



The significance of decoration 176" 



Industries and industrial products 180* 



Food and food-getting 180* 



Navigation 215* 



Habitations 221" 



Appareling 224" 



Tools and their uses 232' 



Warfare 254' 



Nascent industrial development 265* 



Social organization 269 ' 



Clans and totems 269* 



Chiefship 275* 



Adoption 277* 



Marriage 279" 



Mortuary customs 287* 



Serial place of Seri socialry 293* 



Language 296* 



CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA INDIANS, BY JAMES MOONEY 



Introduction 141 



Age of aboriginal American records 141 



Aboriginal American calendars 141 



The Walam Olum of the Delawares 142 



The Dakota calendars 142 



Other tribal records 142 



The Kiowa calendars 143 



Annual calendars of Doh^san, Poliin'yi-katdn, Set-t'an, and Anko 143 



The Anko monthly calendar 145 



Comparative importance of events recorded 145 



Method of fixing dates 146 



Scope of the memoir 147 



Acknowledgments 147 



Sketch of the Kiowa tribe 148 



Tribal synonymy 148 



Tribal sign 150 



Linguistic affinity 150 



Tribal names 152 



Genesis and migration 152 



Early alliance with the Crows 155 



The associated Kiowa Apache 156 



The historical period 156 



Possession of the Black Hills 156 



The extinct K'liato 157 



Intercourse with the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa 158 



KecoUections of other northern tribes 160 



Ac<[uirement of horses 160 



Intercourse and war with the Comanche 161 



Peace with the Comanche 162 



Confederation of the two tribes 164 



