364 CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA [eth.ann.17 



The Anko calendar has also si row of circles, representinp: dollars, to 

 indicate a large payment of grass money by the cattlemen this snmmer. 

 As by this time the Indiaus had learned that the leasing of their surplus 

 grass lands was very much to their advantage, they held a council in 

 February, 1892, to select delegates to go to Washington for the purpose 

 of negotiating leases for the whole reservation ; also to secure some back 

 payments due from previous leases. Quanah, Lone-wolf, and Whiteman 

 were chosen on behalf of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache, respec- 

 tively, and xiroceeded to "Washington, where they received the desired 

 permission, under which authority leases were negotiated producing 

 for the three tribes an average income of about $10(1,000. On their 

 return they received through a special agent nearly .$70,000 due under 

 the new and old leases. This large payment gave occasion for general 

 rejoicing and marked an era in their history. A large part of the money 

 was invested in lumber for building permanent houses; so that in this 

 way, and with the additional help of a small appropriation for the hire 

 of carpenters, the agent reports about sixty houses built within the 

 year, and says: 



with the assistance of the Indian OfiSce a.s to tbe pay of carpenters, together with 

 the revenues from their grass leases, I see no reason wby in the near future the 

 tepee shouhl not be banished and comfortable houses bo substituted in their stead 

 {Repoi-t, 116). 



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Here end the yearly calendars. The subsequent events, including 

 the unratified treaty negotiations and the present condition of the 

 tribes, will be found noted in the preliminary tribal sketch. 



