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talking on the sulijeit on J'tmuary 25, said : " We are now in the beginning of 

 Ganhliia l"a." 



5. Ka'giiiit I"a San, " Llttle-ljud inoon." This may be couaidered to inclnde lute 



January and early February; in this moon the first buds come out, esjiecially 

 those of the elm, called by the Kiowa tu-d, or (jiidal-u, " saddle- wood,'' or 

 " buffalo- wood.'' The first part of this moon is regarded as belonging to winter 

 (saigija), the latter part to spring {list'rina). Anko says that the mares foal 

 in this moon and that the white men (in Oklahoma) usually begin to plow. A 

 tally date from his calendar makes a February event occur in this moon. 



6. Ka'giidt P'a, "Bud luoon." It is sometimes distinguished from the preceding by 



adding edal, "great; " the buds are all out and it is uowfull (dsi'gya), spring; 

 it is considered to include parts of February and March. 



7. Aideii P'a, " Leaf moon." The leaves are all oat by the end of this moon, which 



approximately comprises late March and early April. Anko remarks that 

 the moon names already given, with the two T'agiindtal P'a, are all old 

 recognized names, but that this moon has no proper name. It is here also that 

 the discrepancy begins on the other lists; a tally date on the Anko calendar 

 gives April 19 as belonging to this moon. 



S. Pai Aga'titi, " Summer J'ju'n^'" (see number 2). This moon is so named because, in 

 Kiowa folklore, it says to its jiredecessor, "Just watch me; pretty soon I'll make 

 it hot. Spring (riscji/a) ends and summer (paigya, pai) begins after this moon 

 is full and begins to wane; it may be considered approximately to include late 

 April and early May, but a tally on the Anko calendar puts an event of June 

 14 wilhin this period. 



9. Pai Tcpgan P'a, "Summer Ti'pgah moon" (see number 3). It is possible that this 



moon i.s so called on account of a northw ard migration of wild geese, although 

 i t seems too late in the season. According to the testimony of white observers 

 ou the Kiowa reservation, wild geese appear first in October, stay all win- 

 ter in the lakes and ponds, and go north again in March and April. The wild 

 ducks, in the rivers, remain all the year. The name may have kept this place 

 as ]iart of the series from the time when the Kiowa lived in the far north, 

 where the seasons are of course later. It usually comprises parts of May and 

 .June, although in one place Anko puts the 4th of .July in this moon; in 

 other places he puts the same date in the next or second moon following. It 

 is one of the summer moons. 



10. Pai Gankina P'a, "Summer Gnji/u'i/a moon" (see numbers 4 and 9). Thisisalsoa 



summer moon, approximating June-July. Tallies from the Anko calendar jiut 

 events of July 4 and July 20 within this moon, to which also he says belongs 

 the time of school closing, about June 20. 



11. Tdguiiutal P'a Sdii, " Little-moou-of-deer-horns-dropping-ofl:','' because the deer 



now begin to shed their horns. This is another summer moon, eiiuivalent to 

 July-August, and was considered to begin after the-aunual sun dance. Tallies 

 from the Anko calendar give to it an event of July 29, and in one instance the 

 celebration of July 4. 

 li. Tdgunotal P'a {Edal), " (Great-) Moon-of-deer-horns dropping-oft'," because when 

 it is at an end, all the deer have shed their antlers. This moon comprises 

 August-September; summer ends and fall (pdongga) begins in the middle of 

 this moon. It is sometimes also called Aidengiiak'o P'a, "Yellow-leaves 

 Moon," becau.se the leaves now Ijegin to change color. 



MOON3 OR MOXTHS OF OTHER TRIBES 



Some extracts from staudard authorities on other wild tribes may be 

 of iuterest in conuectiou with the moons or mouths of the Kiowa. 



