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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



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ciilloil (ii alii l''a(}a'li, " ridyv creek, or 

 liiicklionc iri'ek," from ii\'ai>a'-iiiriiia,ci\\ 

 iucount of a Ivigli ridge wliiih separates 

 it froui the South Canadian (see also 

 Aikoii isen }>'a). 



Ai'kofi P'a Sole'go or Ai'kou P'a Ya''p.'i- 

 he'gyS — Fort Larned, Kansas, estali- 

 lished in 1859 on the south bank of 

 Pawnee fork, Smiles above itsjunetion 

 with the Arkansas. It was the issue 

 point for the southern plains tribes 

 until their removal to Indian Territory. 

 The name signifies ''soldier place on 

 Dark-timber rivei." from Aikoi'i p'ti, 

 sole' go or ;iii'' piihe' , and gyii. Also called 

 Manka-guTidal-de P'agya, Ya''pahe 

 gi'iidal-de'e, ([. v. 



A'ikon tseu p'a — -Lcbos creek, Greer 

 county, Oklahoma; "dark timber mud 

 creek," or "muddy dark-timbercreek,"' 

 from Ailcoii p'a and tsen. Sometimes 

 called simply Aikon p'a. 



ak'a' — rough, notched, serrated. 



iik'a' — I am lying down; he is lying 

 down, i"<i. Cf. A'((, knife. 



aka'-i — wrinkled. 



akan(-gya) — last (of a series) ; at the enil ; 

 in composition aka'n. 



iiko'a — I spy. 



Ak'o'dalte — "Feather-necklace,'' a Ki- 

 owa warrior and shield maker (see 

 Winter 1853-54). Abbreviated from 

 Ak'o'dalpti'te, from o, k'o'dalpH, and ti: 



A'laho'— Quapaw? Omaha? Described 

 as a tribe living north from the Osage, 

 and with the same language and style 

 of shaving the head. Gaa'piatan, who 

 knows the name of the Quapaw, says 

 they are the Aliiho'. The name occurs 

 in the early French narratives, as 

 Anahou, Anahou, Anahous, and An- 

 naho, described as the Osage or a part 

 of them(Joutel, 1687; La Harpe, 1719; 

 Bienville (f), 1719; in Margry, vi). 

 Dorsey stated tha^t the Osage, Quapaw, 

 and Kaw speak one dialect, and the 

 Omaha an<l Ponka another dialect, of 

 the same language. The name has no 

 meaning to the Kiowa, who say that it 

 is the name used by the Aliiho' them- 

 selves. It can hardly lie intended for the 

 Omaha, wlioni the Kiowa call 0' molioTiko. 



iilo' — plural iila'ijo, the wild plum; fiib- 

 iilo', "antelope plum,"' a smaller bush 

 variety; sen iilo', "i>rickly iiJo'," the 

 prickly pear; pa' yi-iilo' , "downy (i7o.'' 



pi'ach; iilo-sdhe', "green iilo'," apple; 

 iilo'-fiii'ak'o, " yellow n7o'," orange; iilo'- 

 koii'ki/a, "black iilo'," prune. 



am, ftmo — the root of the verb to do, to 

 make; I make it (generic), gyiicIU'mo ; I 

 make it (diess, arrow, etc), gyUtd'mo; 

 I make butter, etc, gid'mo. 



an — a track. 



iinii'obahe'ma — we must die (from K;li- 

 tse'nko song). Cf. hem. 



A'ndali — for "Andres;" Andres Mar- 

 tinez, an influential Mexican captive 

 among the Kiowa and delegate in 1894 

 (see Winter 1866-67). 



anga'dal — beyond, more. 



Anga'-ite' — "Ankle," a Mexican captive 

 and Florida prisoner in 1875. There 

 is no real word for ankle, which is 

 described as "foot joint," etc. 



Ango'pte — see Tene'-ango'pte. 



iingya — sitting; iiiiHgiia, I sit; ii'ilflya,}xe 

 sits. 



A'nko' or A'nkopa'-ingyade'te — " lu-the- 

 middle-of-mauy-tracks,"fronion, kopa'- 

 iiigi/a, de, and te. A Kiowa warrior, 

 author of two of the calendars, com- 

 monly abbreviated to Auko'. 



anso', anso'i — foot. 



A'nso-gi'ani or Auso'te — ■"Long-foot," 

 from nnso', gi'ihii, and te; a noted priest 

 of the taime, who held it for forty 

 years, from before 1833 until his death 

 in the winter of 1870-71. Commonly 

 alibreviated to Anso"te. 



ii'ntseuku'adal — "he (she) built a nest 

 there," literally, "he put clay (?) 

 there;" a bird's nest is called tsen, 

 which also is the word for "mud," 

 ]>ossibly because some birds build nests 

 of clay; tsengiii'mo giiiito, "the bird is 

 building a nest." A bird's nest is also 

 called giri'ito-do'. " bird house.'' 



iio'piiu— he was initiated into the Ka'i- 

 tsenko, q. v.; I am, etc, iio'piin; they 

 were initiated, etc, cdo'pdn; to initiate 

 into the KiV'itsenko, iio'pa, from verb 

 ao'pa, "to tie with a rope aroniul the 

 neck " (see Summer 1846). I tie it, gyU- 

 pd'imo; I tie him with a rope around 

 his neck (not necessarily to choke him), 

 gyiio'pii: I choke him with my hand, 

 gyiio''de. 



ii'oto'n— they were massacreil, extermi- 

 nated, or .annihilated; also to clear off, 

 as timber; I externiinati" them, de'oton; 

 we shall exterminate them, e'rialo'ndo'. 



