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CAIiENDAE HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN'. 17 



before by the picture of a feather above the crescent; tlie crescent 

 itself is filled in with black between the horns to note 

 the fact of the total lunar eclipse of November 4, 1S92, 



Fiii.2:;0— A pi nti- 

 Luuar eclipse. 



as recorded 

 cal Almanac. 

 Tcpgan I" a. 

 the moon is 

 in the first 

 event is re- 

 two strokes 

 the date of 



Fui. 221— Tepfiafi 

 Pa. 



bytheKauti- 



Tlie name of 

 indicated as 

 instance. Ko 

 corded. The 

 may mark 

 the drawing'. 



FiQ.222— Gauhifla 

 P'a — Annuity 

 is.siie. 



GailMfia P^a. There is nothing to indicate the name of the month. 

 The annuity issue of clothing, etc, about the beginning of the j^ear 

 189J, is recorded as before by means of conventional representations of 

 a boot and a blanket. 



Kagi'iat Phi S(in. The moon is distinguished as before, and the issue 

 of wire for fencing, which occurs usually in early spring and soon after 

 the annuity issue, is indicated as before by a reel of wire upon the tree. 



Iva'giiat P'o. The moon is distinguished in the regular way. In 

 this mouth he removed from the winter camp near the agency to his 

 home camp near the mountains; the tipi picture records the fact. In 



Flu. 223— K'agiiilt 

 P'a Sjin — Wire 

 issue. 



Fia. 224— Ka'giiat 

 P'a— Move camp. 



Fio. 225— Xideii 

 P 'a —Im migrants 



Fig. 22t>— Pai A'gA'n- 

 ti — tat.Hkia dies; 

 Grass jjajTuent. 



the same moon came a late frost which killed the springing vegetation; 

 the cross notes the fact, being a pictorial representation of the gesture 

 sign for " cut ofl'," " stopped," or "ended." 



Aiden P^a (April, 1892). The moon is distinguished as before bj^ the 

 figure of a tree in full foliage. The picture of the wagons records the 

 ai)pearance of emigi-ants in the Cheyenne country, which was formally 

 opened for settlement on April 19, 1892. 



Pai A'fld'nti. There is nothing to distinguish the moon. A Ute cap- 

 tive named latiikia, "• Ute-man," died, and the fact is noted in the 

 picture of a man with his hand pointing downward; in accordance with 



