RELEASE OF SET-T AINTE 



337 



Fig. 154 — Summer 1873 — Pa-kon- 

 kj'a's horses killed. 



vation, just witliin the Texas paiihaudle. The dance was luade by 

 Dohente, " No moccasins," the successor of Auso te ; it occurred in 

 June and was attended by Battey, who describes it in detail in his book. 

 There were present most oftlie Kiowa, Comanclie, and Ai)ache, with a 

 hxrge part of the Cheyenne and Arapaho, who discussed the question 

 of starting another war in consequence of 

 the continued imprisonment of Set t'ainte 

 and Big-tree. Although Battey himself had 

 come to bring them the news of the further 

 detention of these chiefs on account of the 

 Modok war, he was able, with tiie help of 

 Kicking-bird, to dissuade the Indians from 

 their hostile intent. 



While the dance was in i)rogress Pa-koiikya 

 ("Black-buffalo") ''stole" the wife of Gui- 

 baddi, " Appearing- wolf," in retaliation for 

 which the injured husband killed seven of Pakoiikya's horses and took 

 a number of others, in accordance with the tribal custom; he threat- 

 ened also to kill the seducer, so that the Tonkonlo Dog-soldiers had 

 to interfere. The killing of the horses or the seizure of the property of 

 the offender by the injured husband is the regular tribal punishment 

 for such offenses, but in extreme cases, as in this instance, the Dog- 

 soldiers interfere. The same event is recorded on both calendars, the 

 Set-t'an picture being sufficiently suggestive, while 

 the Anko calendar has above the medicine pole 

 the figure of a horse's head struck by a bullet, 

 with another head below it to represent the 



woman. 



WIXTEK 1873-74 



Setfaiilte Taiinde Sai, " Winter of Set t'aiiite's 



■ return." The notable event of this season was 



the return of Sett'aifite from prison October 8, 

 1873. The tigure above the winter mark on the 

 Set-t'an calendar shows Set-t'aiiite, distinguished 

 by his red headdress, coming into his tipi, which 

 was conspicuous by being painted entirely red, 

 with red streamers at th^ ends of the poles. The 

 red marks above the tipi are intended to represent 

 his return footprints. The event is noted at length 

 in another place. 



The Anko calendar commemorates the killing in Mexico of two "sons" 

 (i. e., a son and a nephew) of Lone-wolf, rudely indicated below the 

 winter mark by a human figure wearing a k odalpii or shell breastplate, 

 with several flying bullets at the side. 



Battey, who was in the Kiowa camp when the news arrived, has this 

 entry in his diary under date of January 13, 1874: 



This is a day of wailing in our camp. News arrived this morniiif; of the death of 

 two Kiowa braves, the one a son of Lone-wolf, the other of Red-otter \^J])eh-(ju(idal~\ 



Fm. 135— Winter 1.873-74- 

 Set -t'aiiite ret urns; Lone- 

 wolf s sou killed. 



