AFFAIRS IN 1836-1837 



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SmviMER 1836 



Gni Pa K'tido, "Wolf-river smi dance." The fijrnre of a wolf or 

 coyote above the mediciue lodge indicates that the dauce was held on 

 Gui P a or Wolf river, 1. e., Wolf-creek fork of the 

 Xorth Canadian. Soon after the dauce the Kiowa 

 moved to another camp north of the Arkansas, 

 while the Kifiep band went on to pay a social visit 

 to the Crows and buy from them ermine and elk 

 teeth for ornamenting their buckskin shirts and 

 the dresses of the women. After they had gone, 

 those who remained behind were attacked in their 

 camp by the whole Cheyenne tribe, but the Kiowa 



threw up breastworks and defended 



themselves until their assailants were 



compelled to retire. 



WINTER 1836-37 ~ 



K'mahi'ate EhotaUle Sai, "Winter riG.72-SumTOer isse- 



., . T^"'~..- - , 1 -11 T .. T^-' . Wolf-river 8un diuu-t'. 



that K maliiate was killed." K ina- 



hiate ("Man") was killed in an ex])edition against the 



A'-fakd-i, "Timber Mexicans," or Mexicans of Tamaulipas 



I and the lower Rio Grande. The tribe was camped on 



upper lied river at the time. The name is indicated by a 

 small figure of a man above a similar larger figure, with 

 which it is connected by a line, the death wound being 

 indicated on the lower figure. Ko better illustration of 

 the wide range of the Kiowa could be 

 given than the fact that while one 

 band was thus raiding in Mexico 

 another, as wo have just seen, was visiting upon 

 the upper Missouri. 



SUMMER 1837 



Sii'k'ota A'oU'm-de Par, " Summer that the Chey- 

 enne were massacred," or A kudo Pai, "Wailing 

 sun-dance summer." The figure is the couven- 

 ional Indian symbol for a battle, with the party 

 attacked defending themselves behind breastworks 

 thrown up in the sand, and the arrows flying 

 among them; below the main figure is another of a man wearing a war 

 bonnet. Compare the battle pictographs from the Dakota calendars 

 as given by Mallery (figure 75). 



At the time of the fight the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache were 

 camped upon a small tributaiy of Scott creek [Pohon-d P'a, "Walnut 

 creek"^, an upper branch of the North fork of Red river, southward 



Flii. 73— Winter 

 1836-37— K'ifiS- 

 liiate Icilk-d, 



Fig. 74— Summer 18:i7- 

 Cbeyciine luasaacred. 



