MOONEY] 



SHEEP AND GOATS ISSUED 



3'39 



WINTER 1874-75 



Uiedul Uhotal-de ISai, ''Winter that Big-meat was killed." The 

 southern plains tribes, including' a large part of the Kiowa, went out 

 together on the warpath. After the tight at the Wichita 

 agency, at Auadarko, in August, 1874, as previously 

 detailed, the Comanche warriors who were implicated fled 

 to the Staked plain, and the Kiowa to the head of Red 

 river, with the troops in pursuit. While there a small 

 party of the Kiowa went on a horse-stealing raid into 

 New ]\Iexico, resulting in an encounter, in which they 

 killed two men, captured a woman, and ran off several 

 horses. On their return they stopjied to rest in the 

 mountains, and were stretched at ease telling stories 

 when they were suddenly attacked by the soldiers. 

 Giedal was mortally wounded at the first fire, but 

 propped himself against a rock and succeeded in kill- 

 ing one soldier and wounding another before he died. 

 Another Kiowa was killed also, but the troops were 

 finally repulsed. The Set-t'an calendar shows Giedal, 



who is distinguished by buffalo horns on his war-bonnet, 

 wounded, with the blood gushing from his mouth. 



At the close of the outbreak, a number of warriors were 

 selected and sent to confinement at Fort Marion, Florida. 

 The figure on the Anko calendar is intended to represent 

 Fort Sill, with the imprisoned Kiowa warriors confined 

 before being sent to Florida. 



SUMMER 1873 



Fig. 157— Winter 

 187-1-75— Gi-edal 

 killed; Kiowa 

 iniltrisoned. 



Fio. 158 — Summer 

 1875 — Lovi'-mak- 

 ing spriuK sun 

 dance. 



K ion- Ton K ado, "Love-making spring sun dance." 

 It was held at a spring in a bend on the north (reser- 

 vation) bank of North fork of Ked river, a few miles 

 from K'obakdii, "Last mountain" (Mount Walsh, in 

 Greer county). As conditions were yet unsettled on 

 account of the outbreak, the Kiowa were escorted on 

 this occasion by a body of troops. 



The spring takes its name from the fact that on one 

 occasion, while the Kiowa were encamped there, some 

 young men "stole" two girls who had gone to the spring 

 for water. On the Anko calendar the i)lace is identi- 

 fied by a figure of a woman above the medicine pole. 



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Wi:NrTER 187.5-7(5 



In this instance the same event is recorded on both 

 calendars by means of the figure of a ram or goat in 

 connection with the winter mark. 



In the various engagements during the last campaign and at the 

 final surrender, several thousand ponies and mules had been taken from 



Fio. 159 — Winter 

 1875-70— Slieep and 

 goats issued. 



