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Louse, but Set-k'opte did not return from the east until 1882. It is 

 probably intended to represent a new house built for another, Paul 

 Zofitam, who returned from the east in 1881 as an ordained Episcopal 

 minister. 



The Auko calendar records the visit of a large party of Pueblo 

 Indians from New Mexico, indicated by a human figure below the win- 

 ter mark witli the hair bunclied up in Pueblo fashion. There were 

 about a hundred of them and they stopped at various camps of the 

 Kiowa and Apache, remaining some time. This was the 

 last time the Pueblos ever visited these tribes. In the 

 following fall Big-bow returned their visit 



Fig. 169— Winter 

 1880-81— House 

 built ; Pueblo 

 visit. 



SUMMEK 1881 



K'ddo SdUi'ti, "Hot-sun dance," or Dogudtal SdomM- 

 pii-de Kado "Sun dance when blood came up from the 

 young man." It was called the "hot sun dance" from 

 the fact that it was held late in August, instead of in 

 June as usual, the delay being due probably to the difli- 

 culty of finding a buffalo for the purpose; after a long 

 search a solitary bull was found. The dance was held 

 on North fork of Eed river, a short distance beyond the 

 end of the mountains. 



The close upright lines between the forks of the medi- 

 cine pole on the Anko calendar he explains to indicate the heat, i)rob- 

 ably from the Indian gesture sign for fire, made by 

 holding the hand with thumb and fingers together 

 pointing upward, and separating them with a quick 

 motion, the concept being the upward motion of the 

 sparks and smoke. 



The suggestive figure on the Set-t'an calendar records 

 an incident which gives another name to this sun dance, 

 a young man, the adopted son of Poor-buffalo, having 

 been attacked by hemorrhage. He was called MHsA'te, 

 " Six," from the fact that he had six toes on each foot; 

 his brother, Bohe, still living, is said to have six fingers 

 on each hand. Such instances of malformation are at 

 least as rare among Indians as among whites. 



WINTER 1881-82 



Fig. 170— Summer 

 1881 — Hemor- 

 rhago or hot sun 

 dance. 



ImdM6d-de Said, "Winter when they played the ddd medicine 

 game." This winter is noted for a great do-d game played under the 

 auspices of two rival leaders, each of whom claimed to have the most 

 powerful " medicine " for the game. The game was played in the winter 

 camp on the Washita, near the mouth of Hog creek, the Kiowa leader 

 being Pa-tepte, "Buft'alo-bull-coming out," alias Di'itekan, now dead (see 

 summer 1882), while his opponent was the Ai)ache chief and medicine- 



