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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



on necoiuit of the abuudance there 

 of chiy ijaint. Also sometimes called 

 YiidaUlii p'tt, "Hill creek/' on account 

 of the Two Buttes near its head. 



Gn'fidalori'te — ■■ Painted-red," a Kiowa 

 leader about 1839. The name implies 

 that lie had red paint upon his body, 

 face, or hair, from gu'i'idal, paint, or 

 red; yii'odaldii' , it is red or painted. 



GiiTulaltsc'yu — "Red-pet," or "Little- 

 red," from gu'adal and -tse'yii, a noted 

 race -horse stolen by an escaping 

 I'awnce prisoner in 1852-53. 



gu'ak'o — yellow. 



gu'an, gu'Sinkya — dance; I dance, de- 

 gii'anmo. Cf. gunta and giin. 



Gu'a'na — Quanah Parker; the Kiowa 

 form of his Comanche name Kwiina or 

 Kwaina, "fragrant." He is a half- 

 blood, thehead chief of the Comanche, 

 being the son of a Comanche chief by 

 a captive white woman, Cynthia 

 Parker (see the following). 



Gu'a'na-de-'ta'ho — Adobe AValls, on the 

 north side of the South Canadian, just 

 west of 101'-', in the panhandle of 

 Texas. The name signifies "where 

 Quanah led his confederates," i. e., 

 " Quanah's battle ground," alluding to 

 the noted battle there In June, 1874 

 (see page 203). 



Gii'a'na-de jj'a — see Gwa'liale p'a. 



Gu'afitel'a'na (Apache) — see Se't-la'dal. 



gu'at(-gya) — picture, brand, tattoo, 

 writing, etc, from gyayii'alda' . 



gn'ato^bird (see t'e'nc'). 



gu'ato'hiu — eagle; literally, "principal 

 bird," fnrni gu'ato and -hin. 



Gu'atoi p'a — "small bird creek" (not 

 Gu'ato'hin jii'a, "eagle creek"), from 

 gu'ato and -i; a stream somewhere 

 south westward from Double mountain, 

 Texas, near the old California emi- 

 grant trail {Ho'un-l'a'ka'-i}. 



Gu'.lto-ko'nkya — "Black-bird ; '' a Kiowa 

 signer of the treaty of 1867, where the 

 name aj)pears as "Wa-toh-konk, or 

 Black Eagle." 



gu'aton — ribs; singular, gu'iUe'm, from 

 tern . 



GuTiton-biTin— see Se't-t'ai'fite. 



Gu'ato-zc'dalbe — ' ' Dangerous - eagle ; " a 

 Kiowa chief about 1876, brother of 

 Big-tree. Although the name is really 

 "dangerous bird," the gittito is under- 



stood to be- here an abbreviated form 

 in composition oi gu'ato'hin. 



gu'i — wolf (generic); the gray wolf is 

 gui-t'ai'nmo, from Cain, "white;" the 

 coyote is sometimes distinguished as 

 gui ma'nton-tso'ni, "sharp-nose wolf." 



Gui p'a — "wolf creek;" Wolf creek, 

 upper branch of North Canadian, 

 Oklahoma. 



Gui- bada'i — "Appearing- wolf," or 

 "Wolf-coming-in-sight," from gu'i and 

 hadai'; a Kiowa warrior in 1873. 



Gu'i-bo'tte — "Wolf-stomach," from gu'i, 

 hot, and te; a Kiowa warrior in 1875; 

 died while a prisoner in Florida. 



Gu'igya' p'a — "Pawnee river," from 

 Gu'igyii'ko and p'a. A river, probably 

 the Kansas (Kaw) or one of its 

 branches, the Smoky-hill, Saline, Solo- 

 mon, or Republican, described as be- 

 tween the Arkansas and the Platte, but 

 not tributary to either (see Summer 

 1834). 



Gu'igyii'ko — Pawnee; literally, "wolf 

 people," from gu'i and k'idyo or gyuko; 

 sometimes called Doma'nl'i'd/jo, " walk- 

 ing people," from dom, , and Ici'dgo. 



Sign: Two fingers erect and forward 

 at right side of head — i. e., "horns" or 

 ' ' ears ; " then index finger turned and 

 thrown out to front — i. e., "man" (see 

 Summer 1833, Winter 1849-50). 



Gu'i-k'a'te — "Wolf- lying -down,'' from 

 gu'i, iik'a' and te; (1) a Kiowa warrior 

 killed by the Cheyenne in 1838; (2) a 

 Kiowa delegate to Washiugtou in 1872; 

 his name has l)een rendered • ' Sleeping- 

 wolf." 



Gu'i-k'o'dal-te p'a^ — " Wolf- necklace's 

 river;" a branch of White river, of 

 the Brazos, Texas; so called from a 

 Comanche known to the Kiowa as 

 Wolf-necklace (or Wolf-neckf ). 



Gu'i-kou'kya — "Black-wolf;" a Kiowa 

 warrior killed by American traders in 

 1832-33. 



Gu'i-i);i'go — "Lone-wolf." (1) A princi- 

 pal Kiowa chief, leader of the hostile 

 element in 1874; seut as prisoner to 

 Florida at the close of the outbreak. 

 (2) His adojited son, namesake, and suc- 

 cessor, and present head chief of the 

 tribe. 



gun — horn. 



Gunpii'ndamii — " medicine- tied - to - tipi- 



