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Doha, Dohi^te, or Uobasiin (Bluff or Little-bluff), the head of the 

 tribe at the time of this expedition, had superseded Adate, who had 

 been deposed as a punishment for having' allowed his ])eople to be sur- 

 prised and massacred by the Osage. In Ids youth Doha had been 

 known as AanoTite. He was the fourth head chief of the tribe from 

 the time of the treaty with the Comanche, the order of succession 

 being Poliakya (Harelip), alias Kagiatsc (Thick-blanket); Tsoubohon 

 (Feather-cap), A date, and Dohasiin. He continued to be recognized 

 as head chief until his death in 1S66. The name is hereditary in the 

 family, which is one of the most prominent in the tribe, and has been 

 borne by this chief — distinguished as Old Dohasiin — by his nephew, 

 who died at an advanced age at Anadarko in the winter of 1893-94, and 

 by his son. The older men state that the father of the great Dohiisiiii 

 was also called Doha, and that his son, after assuming the same name, 

 was known as Dohasiin, (Little-bluff) for distinction. He is spoken of 

 as Dohate as frequently as Dohasiin. 



According to one informant, at the time of the Osage massacre 

 Chouteau had a trading post about a day's .journey east of the present 

 Fort Sill, and the Kiowa went to him and told him of their misfortune, 

 whereupon he went to Fort Gibson and induced the soldiers to rescue 

 the captives from the Osage and return them to their friends. This is 

 perhaps a confusion of events. The trading post referred to was at 

 Chouteau spring, on the east side of Chouteau creek which flows into 

 the South Canadian from the east, about 5 miles northeast of the pres- 

 ent town of Purcell, Indian Territory. It does not appear, however, to 

 have been established until after, and as a result of, this expedition. 



The expedition is described in detail by the artist Catlin, wlio accom- 

 panied it and was present at the council on Its return. As the Coman- 

 che, Kiowa, and Wichita lived so remote from the frontiers, they had 

 not yet been brought into official connection with the United States, 

 and consequently had several times, as we have seen, come into colli- 

 sion with small parties of Americans on the borders of their country. 

 The government had for some time been desirous of entering into treaty 

 relations with them, more especially as the plan of colonizing the east- 

 ern tribes in the western country had been put into operation. As the 

 Osage, who were already in treaty relations with the government, had 

 several captives taken from the more western tribes, it was decided to 

 purchase these prisoners and send them home under military escort as 

 a token of the friendly intentions of the government, with an invitation 

 to the chiefs of those tribes to come to the military post and make a 

 treaty with the United States, the Osage, and the immigrant tribes. 



Accordingly, the two Kiowa children and two Wichita children, cap- 

 tives, were purchased from the Osage and brought to Fort Gibson; 

 unfortunately, the little Kiowa boy was killed near the post shortly after 

 by a blow from a ram. An expedition of the First dragoons was organ- 

 ized, under command of General Leavenworth, to restore the children to 



