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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ASS. 17 



fi'daltofi — lio:uls. iilmal form of tiiialteni. 

 q. v. The phiriil form is iMiminouly 

 used in tlio composition of iiro|nr 

 namos. as .i(lii//<)H-<(i<i', '• l^i^-lir;ul;" 

 Sapo dal-adalloii />'<i. "Owl-heail ori'i'k." 

 This phiralizing of proper-name forms 

 is lommon also in other Indian lan- 

 jinat;es. 



A ilaltofi - a dalka -igihii >;o — I'on k a ; 

 "Civstod-liead people." on aceount of 

 their pecnliar headdrt>ss, consisting 

 of a ridge of eivct liair along the t*>p of 

 the head from fmut to back, like the 

 crest of an ancient helmet; from 

 li diiltoS. <> dalka -iijihii', and<;o, q. v. Of. 

 .1' ihilloii-ka -xgihii go. 



A ilalti>ri-e dal — "Big-head, "fromii lialton 

 and fdiil. (|.v. ; ^ll a prominent Kiowa 

 warrior who died iu the winter of 

 18*i3-(>4; 0-^ " chief still living, nephew 

 ami namesake of the other, connnonly 

 known as Comalty, from his former 

 name Oomii te, which can not he trans- 

 lated. 



A dalton-ka -igihii go — Flatheads. liter- 

 ally ••compressed head people." frmn 

 <i <iii//OM. id -iijihii . and gt; q. v. They 

 are sometimes also called J dullon- 

 k'iiigo, ••Head people." The Kiowa 

 indicate them in the sign langnage 

 hy a gesture as if compressing the 

 head liet ween the hands. Cf. A daltoH- 

 li dalka' -ijihii go. 



A dalton-k'i ago — See the preceding. 



a'dalto vi — wild sheep : plnral n ii<i/*« yMi; 

 the name refers to their g»>ing in 

 droves or herds; also called tefihe, 

 plnral te nheiin i. 



A dalto yui — '• Wild Sheep." one of the 

 six military orders of the Kiowa ^see 

 142), from lidalio yi, i\. v. They are 

 also calli'il 7>H ftfyii i, from tfUhe. an- 

 other name tor tlie same animal. 



.\ dAm — the Kiowa namcof agt'ntCharles 

 E. Adams \lSl!!i1-lj*91^; a corruption of 

 his proper name. 



-Ada n — ••Timher pass," locative A da n- 

 gjia. from a, dan. and gud, q. v.; the 

 valley along A da » p'a, q. v. 



.\ da n p'a — '•Tiraber-pass crtH-k." from 

 II. dan. and p'a, q. v.; a cr<?ek north 

 of Monnt Scott, flowing sontli into 

 Medicine-blntf creek, on the reser- 

 vation. Se t-Imki a, Oaa piatan. and 

 other prominent Kiowa live npon it. 



A'da te — • •Island," from o'dn, q. v. ; head 

 chief of the Kiowa in 1833. snperscded 

 by the great Pohasiin. 



Am>0 KT.v — see A do-re tie. 



ii'dc — an idol or amulet carrieil on the 

 person. Cf. A'drk'i a. 



A'dek'ia — ••Idol-man." from ii'de and 

 k'ia, q. v.; a Kiowa warrior, so called 

 because he always carried an unknown 

 ii'dc in a pouch slung from his shoulder. 



-i'dek'i a-de p'a — Buck or Clear creek, 

 which enters Ked river at the corner of 

 the reservation; literally •'.A.'dek'i'a's 

 river " (see the pivcediug). because he 

 died there, 



ii do or iida' — tree, shrub, timber: jilnral 

 <i, q. V. 



Ado ii p"a — Mnlecivck. between Medicine- 

 lodge creek and .Salt fork of the .-Vrkan- 

 sas. Oklahoma: literally •• timber wind- 

 break creek." frotu (V and i?oii. q. V, ; so 

 called from a circtilar opening in the 

 timber, resembling a wind - break. 

 Another informant says it was so 

 called because frequented by the Paw- 

 nee, who used always to build such 

 wiiul-breaks about their camps. 



ii do-byu ni — a circular opening iu tim- 

 ber: from II do and hgii iii, q. v. 



A do-ee t;i-de p"a — Valley creek ^?); a 

 northern tributarv of Elm fork in Greer 

 county, Oklahoma; the Atairaii-laiti 

 Pan of the map in U, S. Sup. Ct., 

 Greer county case, i, 652; literally 

 "big tree creek." from lirfo, eel. -de, 

 and p'a. So called on account of a 

 large cottonwoml formerly growing on 

 its east bank, which required seven 

 men to span it. It was afterward cut 

 down by Mexicans. The form is plural. 

 Cf. Ji itiaiii p'a. It was also known as 

 Tsefitiin pa. fmm the Tseiitiinmo mili- 

 tary order. 



.V do-ee tte — ••Big-tree." from 11 do. ee t or 

 r <f<i/. and te ; a prominent Kiowa chief, 

 still living ; spelled Addo Kta by Battey. 



.A.do mko — ■•people under the fives, tim- 

 Wr people," from ii, dom. and ko : a col- 

 lective term for the immigniiit tribes 

 from the gulf states, now in Indian 

 Territory, the Cherokee, Creek, Choc- 

 taw, Chickasaw. Seminole, and Cadtlo. 

 Individual tribes an> known also by 

 special names, as Tsi roki ^Cherokee), 

 ilaako ki ^Creek) Ma trp vCaddo). 



