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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



On the assurance given to the delegates iu Washington that their chiefs 

 would be restored to them in the spring, pi-ovided the tribe remained 

 peaceably on the reservation in the meantime, the Kiowa had conducted 

 themselves iiroperly through the winter. With spring, however, came 



Fio. 50— T'ene-UDgopte or Ivicking-bird 



the Modok war, with the killing of General Canby, which created such 

 a distrust of Indians in general that the people of Texas were unwilling 

 to surrender the prisoners, whom they regarded as hostages for the 

 safety of the frontier. Notwithstanding their disappointment, the 

 Kiowa remained quietly at home, patiently waiting until the govern- 



