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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



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them by the sigu for "mountain peo- 

 ple," niatle by oombining the signs for 

 "climbing" and ''man.' 



ITitiik'i'a — "Ute-mau," from I'dU'i and 

 k'ia; a Ute taptive among the Kiowa, 

 who died iu 1892. 



Tkiimo'sti (Comanchi-) — see Mu'nka-yii'a- 

 dal. 



I'masanmot — ''(Jrinner," from imto'- 

 nomo, "he grins;" the Kiowa name for 

 agent George D. Day, 1891-93. 



imda'do'a'^they played the medioiue 

 do'a' game; from do'-i and do' a'. Cf. 

 do' a'. 



imdo'hii'pa' — they attacked the lamp; 

 from imhii'jya' and do, dotu : I attack 

 him, iiiha'pa' (this form is used only 

 in ridi<ule, as the word implies a gen- 

 eral encounter) ; I attack them, de- 

 hd'pa'; they (a few) attacked him or it, 

 ehii'pa'; tliey (a large number) attacked 

 him or it, imhii'pa' ; soJe'go'mhn'pa', the 

 soldiers attacked them. 



Imka'gyii'gya — they are coming in tri- 

 umph, i. e., they are returning with 

 scalps ; from Tca'ytja. 



Imki'a — see Se' t-imH' a . 



imk'o'daltii' — they cut off their heads; I 

 am cutting off his head, (/^ni'o'(Ja/(fl'<?«'; 

 I have cut off his head, gijak'o'dalta ; 

 from k'odal and Hi, the root of the verb 

 "to cut"; k'o'daltW, beheading; o'tn'. 

 throat cutting, from ta and nai, throat 

 (not neck) ; I aui cutting his throat 

 (but not cutting oft" his head), ijjjiio'k'u- 

 temu ; I have cut his throat, ijijiio'Va- 

 te'm. 



Imto'nomo — he grins ; said also of a dog 

 showing his teeth. 



i'nhogo — now. Cf. i'iihoti. 



i'nhoti — this. Cf. i'nhogo. 



I'8(ihu'bit (Comanche) — " Wolf-ly i ng - 

 down ; " a noted Comanche warrior, 

 commonly known to the whites as 

 Asahiibit. His Kiowa name is Gii'i- 

 k'n'tv, q. V. 



I'siinii'nakt'i (Comanche) — "Hears- or 

 Understands -the -wolf;" a Comanche 

 signer of the treaty of 1867, upon 

 which his name appears as "Es-a- 

 nanaca, or Wolf's name." Cf. Td'hi- 

 nd'nakii. 



Tmtai (Comanchej— a Comanche med- 

 icine- man, instigator of the out- 

 break of 1874; still living. Commonly 

 known to the whites as Asatai'. 



iyu'gu'-e — rice; literally, "maggot 

 grains;" on account of a fancied re- 

 semblance. 



lyu'gu'a jj'a — "maggot creek;" Traitor 

 and Sweetwater creeks, in the pan- 

 handle of Texas, flowing into the 

 North fork of Red river. Battey 

 spells it You'-guoo-o-poh', which he 

 renders "rice creek" from a miscon- 

 ception of the word. The name orig- 

 inated from the circumstance of a 

 liunting party having been compelled 

 to throw away there a quantity of fly- 

 blown meat. Cf. Kato'de'ii p'a. 



lyu'gu'a P'a Sole'go — Fort Elliott, be- 

 tween the two forks of the .Sweetwater, 

 Traitor creek and Battery creek, in 

 the panhandle of Texas. The Kiowa 

 name literally means "Maggot creek 

 soldiers" (i. e.. Soldier place). It is 

 .sometimes known as Kato'di ii P'a 

 Sole'go, from its vicinity to Battery 

 creek, Kato de'ii p'u, q. v. 



ka — robe of skin, buffalo robe; katu, 

 blanket. 



k'a — (1) knife; gydk'a'go, lent; gycik'a'- 

 tii'do, 1 cut with a knife. (2) lying 

 down ; I am lying down, ak'a' ; he is 

 lying down, k'ii; lie down 1 iemi'i'.' 



Ka'iisii'nte — "Little-robe," from la, sdn, 

 and (c ; a Kiowii warrior, still living. 



ka'bodal — left-handed. Cf. bodal .and 

 t'a-bodal. 



Ka'bo'dalte — "Left-hand;" the Kiowa 

 name of the trader John Adkins, 

 who, about 1863, was with William 

 Allison in the trading house at the 

 mouth of upper Walnut creek on the 

 Arkansas, in Kansas. Cf. Tso'daJhe'nfe. 



K'adal p'a — Ree or Grand river, .South 

 Dakota; literally, ''Biter, i. e., Ree, 

 river." It is so called by most of the 

 plains tribes from the fact that the 

 Arikara formerly lived upon it. Cf. 

 K'at'a. 



K'a'do' — medicine lodge, sun-dance lodge; 

 the sun dance; perhaps "wall house 

 or tipi," i.e., one built with sides or 

 walls, as distinguished from the ordi- 

 nary tipi, from k'a'ga and do. The 

 k'a'do' or sun dance was the great an- 

 nual religious ceremony of the tribe 

 (see page 242). 



k'a'do'-do' — "k'a'do' tipi," "sun-dance 

 tipi;" tlie tipi in which the siin-dance 



