322 CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA [eth.a.nn.17 



detaclinient of the Seventh infantry, and miscellaneous camp followers, 

 the various groups and bands being' scattered for a distance of several 

 miles along the stream, forming probably the largest Indian gathering 

 that had ever been held on the plains. 



SUMMER 1868 



I()ti('(io Dalwtal-de Kudo, "Sun dance when the Ute killed us," or 

 A'yUdiildii P'a K ado, "Tiinberliill river (^ledicine-lodge creek) sun 

 dance.'' The dance this summer was held on Medicine-lodge creek, 

 near where the treaty had been made, this, as has been said, being a 

 favorite place for the purpose. The Cheyenne and Arapaho also fre- 

 quently held their sun dance in the same neighborhood, but not in con- 

 nection with the Kiowa, although tliey always attended the Kiowa 

 dance in large numbers. The Comanche had no sun dance of their own, 

 but sometimes joined with the Kiowa. On one occasion 

 they tried to get up such a dance, but the attempt was 

 a failure. 



This summer was signalized by a disastrous encounter 

 with the Ute, in which two of the three taimes of the 

 Kiowa were captured. On the Set-t'an calendar this 

 battle is indicated by the figure, above the medicine 

 \JJD, lodge, of a man holding out the red stone war-pipe, 



J^^^-- which was sent around as an invitation to the warriors 



■■■■■I to join the expedition. On the Anko calendar it is indi- 

 ^H ^H cated by tlying bullets about the medicine lodge. 

 ^H ■■ This battle was the most disastrous in the history of 



Mi IB the Kiowa tribe since the memorable massacre by the 

 Fig. 143-Summer Qsage in 1833. The imprcssiou made was perhaps even 

 greater, for the reason that their sacred palladium cap- 

 tured on this occasion has never since been recovered. 



In the previous winter Pa-tadal, "Lean-bull" (alias Poor buffalo), 

 who is still living, had led a small party against the Navaho bej'ond 

 the head of the South Canadian. On reaching the salt beds on that 

 river, near the line between Texas and New Mexico, they met some 

 Navaho coming on foot to steal Kiowa horses. A flght ensued, resulting 

 in the death of one Navaho and one Kiowa, the latter being Pa-tadal's 

 stepson. The father thirsted for revenge, and at the next sun dance he 

 sent around the i)ipe to all the warriors of the tribe to eidist them for a 

 great expedition against the Navaho. A large number responded, 

 perhaps two hundred, including some of the Comanche, and placed them- 

 selves under his leadership. Among these was Set-daya-ite, "Many- 

 bears," the sou (nephew?) of Anso te, the medicine keeper. To render 

 victory more certain and complete, he asked and obtained permission 

 from his father to carry with the expedition the two smaller tabnc 

 images, viz, the small "man" figure and the "bear kidney." These 

 were sometimes carried to the field, but the larger one, the " woman," 



