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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



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ori;;iiialIy called A'anoiVte (a woril of 

 doubtful etyuiology), aud afterward 

 took Uis father's name of Doha'tc, 

 wbicli was changed to Doha'siin, "Lit- 

 tle Koliuti-," or '•Little-blutl'," for dis- 

 tincticiu. He became a great chief, 

 ruling over the whole tribe from 1833 

 until his death in 1866. His por- 

 trait was painted in 1834 by Catlin, 

 who calls him Tcli-toot-sali, and his 

 name appears on the treaty of 1837 

 as To-ho-sa, the "Top of the Moun- 

 tain." (3) His son, whoso widow is 

 Anlii'mii, inhrrited his father's name, 

 Doha'siin, was also a distinguished 

 warrior, and died about three years 

 ago. His scalp-shirt and war-bonnet 

 case are now in the National JIuseum. 

 (4) The nephew of the great Doha'siin 

 II and cousin of the last men- 

 tioned (3) was also called Doha'siin. 

 and always wore a silver cross with 

 the name '-Tohasan" engraved upon 

 it. He was the author of the Scott 

 calendar, and died in 1892; shortly 

 before his d<'ath he changed his name to 

 Da'npii', ''Shoulder-blade,'' from da'n, 

 "8houlder"(?), leaving only Anki'mii's 

 husband (3) to bear the hereditary 

 name, which is now extinct. 



Doha'te-he'm-de p'a — see A'piitdo' p'a. 



Dohe'ukd — theCarrizo, and iirol>ably also 

 the Karankawa; "shoeless jieople," 

 from do'i), lien-, and fco. The Toukawa 

 also called both these tribes and others 

 on the Texas coast the "shoeless'' or 

 "barefoot people'' (Gatschet). The 

 Kiowa know the name Carrizo from 

 having still among them some captives 

 of that tribe, and state that they wore 

 sandals instead of regular moccasins. 

 Also called Ka'nhe'nko and Ti'ala'fc- 

 henko, from Mil and yVaid'le, other 

 synonyms for do'ti, moccasin, q. v. 



Dohe'nte — "No-moccasins," or "Bare- 

 foot," a keeper of the laime, who 

 suc<'eeded Anso''te in 1873 aud died in 

 the winter of 1875-76; called Tohiibtt 

 by Hattey. 



Do'lio'n — Maudan, said to mean "last 

 tipi," from do'-\-; an older form of 

 the same name is Down' h oho n , and 

 they are also sometimes called Sa'ha' , 

 "stingy." 



do'ka'ni — bark (of a tree); contains 

 Ica'ni, shell or rind. 



Do''ka'rii k'op — •bark mountains," the 

 Santa Rosa mountains in northern 

 Coahuila, Mexico. 



Do''ka'ni-t'a'ka'-i — " Bark (mountain) 

 Mexicans," those in the vicinity of the 

 Santa Rosa mountains, Coahuila (see 

 the preceding). 



Do'-ko'nsenii'go — Cliirieahua A)>ache; 

 "People of the turned-ui) moccasins," 

 from do'ti, Ico'nspnd', and go; the 

 "Hooked or Curved Toe Apache" of 

 Clark (page 33). They are now pris- 

 oners of war at Fort Sill on the reser- 

 vation, ami were known to the Kiowa 

 under this name Ijefore their removal 

 from Arizona. 



dom, dam — (1) earth; (2) und<'r, in com- 

 position. 



DouiaTik i'iigo — see Gii'igyd'ko. 



do'mba' — bugle, flute, flageolet. Nearly 

 every tribe of the plains aud eastward 

 has its native flute. 



do'mbe — country, region, from dom or 

 ddm. 



Donio'nton — ocean; literally seems 

 " water surrounding the earth," from 

 dom and toii. They have no specific 

 names except by description. 



do'n — fat (noun); I am fat, ddo'ii. 



Do'n p'a — South Platte river; "fat 

 river," on account of the former al)und- 

 auce of the buffalo there. According 

 to Clark, the South Platte is known to 

 the tribes as Fat or Greasy or some- 

 times as Goose river. 



do'nii'i — pecan; literally, "fat or oily 

 tree fruit," from do'n, ii and i or e. An- 

 other name is ofi'giid. 



Do'nii'i p'a — (1) Elk creek of North fork 

 of Red river, on the reservation; it 

 was formerly called Ko'ga'-i p'a, "Elk 

 creek." Elk have been seen in the 

 adjoining portion of the Wichita 

 mountains within the last twenty 

 years. (2) Nueces river, Texas, called 

 also KaHi'ttivii hono, "Pecan river," 

 by the Comanche. The Kiowa name 

 also signifies "Pecan river." (3) The 

 southernmost tributary of Sen. p'a (Sa- 

 lado, Nuevo Leon, Mexico), i. e., pro- 

 bably the Sabinas Hidalgo branch 

 (lower Salado). 



don'iga — far below, as at the bottom of 

 a well or canyon. Deep is zon. 



Don'iga - p'a'da' - de'e or Don'iga - p'a - 

 k'a'dee — Cataract canyon; Colorado 



