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Fig. 107— Winter 18"iO-51~ 

 Buck-rteer killed. 



siffnifyiug a male deer, is indicated by tlie connected figure of a male 

 (horned) deer. 



He had led a small war party into Tauianlipas or the adjacent region 

 beyond the Rio Grande. They overtook a party 

 of Mexicans, and Tafigiapa, who was mounted, 

 was pursuing a Mexican on foot and was just 

 about to stab him with a lance when the Mexican 

 turned and shot him through the body, and was 

 himself immediately killed by the Kiowa warrior. 

 Tangiapa was carried into the mountains, where 

 he died the same evening. No other Indian was 

 killed. 



SUMMEK 1851 



Pain K'ddu, " Dusty sun dance." It was held 

 on the north bank of the North Canadian, just be- 

 low the junction of Wolf creek, near where the last 

 sun dance had taken place. It is so called on ac- 

 count of a strong wind that prevailed during the 

 ceremony, which kept the air filled with dust. 



When the dance was over and the Kiowa had 

 left the spot and gone northward toward the 

 Arkansas, a band of the Pawnee came to the place and stole from the 

 center pole of the medicine lodge the offerings which had been hung 

 upon it as a saci-iflce, including a number of 

 blankets and a flag which had been given by 

 the Kiowa to the Osage when the two tribes had 

 made peace in 1834. The figure over the medi- 

 cine lodge represents a Pawnee — indicated by 

 the jieculiar scalplock, as already described — 

 holding a flag in his hand. 



The Pawnee followed the trail of the Kiowa, 

 and on coming near them set fire to the iirairie 

 to attract their attention. Two young men of 

 the Kiowa went out to learn the cause of the 

 fire and found the Pawnee paity, who said that 

 they had come with presents and goods to make 

 peace and to trade with the Kiowa. The young 

 men rejoined their party with the news, and the 

 Kiowa, under chiefs Dohasiin and Set-iingya, 

 turned back to meet the Pawnee band and es- 

 cort them to a camping place. As the latter 

 were on foot, in accordance with their usual 

 custom, they asked the Kiowa to carry for them 

 the skin bags which they said contained the 

 presents. The Kiowa took the bags upon their horses, but as they 

 went along, knowing well the tricky character of their ostensible 



Tig. 108— Summer 1851— Dusty 

 Sundance; 13ag stolen. 



