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KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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priests made their preparations lor 

 each (lay's performance. It was erected 

 behind tlie k'ado or medicine lodge (see 

 plate Lxx). 



K'a do'-gyii'to' — Old- nian-ot'-tlie-snu- 

 dance;" a Kiowa chief in 1841 (see 

 Winter 1841-42). 



K'a'do' p'a — "sun-dance creek," "medi- 

 cine lodge creek;" Kiowa Medicine- 

 lodge creek, a southern tributary of the 

 North Canadian at the one-hundredth 

 meridian, Oklahoma. It was a favorite 

 place for the ceremony on account of 

 the abundance of suitable timber there. 

 Not to be eonfoun<led with Kiowa 

 creek just above it, or wilh Medicine- 

 lodge creek in southern Kansas. 



ka'do'lili — see do t/o'ta. 



Ka'di>'liil p'a — Oak creek or Post-oak 

 creek, a small southern tributary of the 

 Washita, just above Rainy-mountain 

 creek, on the north line of the reserva- 

 tion ; formerly called Dorio'lii' p'a, both 

 names signifying "oak creek," until 

 changed on account of the death of a 

 woman named Doyo'tii', about six years 

 ago. 



Icada (Hidatsa) — a season, as measured 

 by natural occurrences. 



k'a'ga wall, side, bank of earth. 



Ka'giiitse' — see Poll' id yi). 



ka'gu'at — bud, literally "red shell or 

 rind," from taSii or ka-i and (jiiut or 

 i/u'udal. 



Ka'gu'at P'a^"bud moon;" a Kiowa 

 moon or month comprising parts of 

 February and March. 



Ka'guTit P'a Siin — "little bud moon;" 

 a Kiowa moon or mouth comprising 

 parts of January and February. 



ka'gyii — a triumph or rejoicing over a 

 slain enemy. Cf. imka'i/ya'ipja. 



Ka-him-hi — "Ka-him-hi, the Prairie 

 Dog," a Kiowa signer of the treaty of 

 1837, as his name appears on the 

 treaty. The word for prairie-dog is 

 tsd; for dog, tSf'nhi. 



ka'-i — hidi- (noun) of buffalo, deer, etc, 

 but not of panther, whose skin is 

 generally used for quivers; ka'-i, skin 

 of animals; ka'gya, human skin; ka'ni, 

 shell or rind. 



ka'-igihii' — compressed. Hat; it is com- 

 pressed. Cf. kc'pidal. 



k'a'-iko'n — (1) flint; (2) the central cap 

 of a cartridge. 



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K'a'-ikon p'a — "Hint creek," so called 

 on account of the abun<laut flint rock 

 there; a northern tributary of the 

 South Canadian, al)Out 10 miles above 

 Adobe Walls, either Big Clear or JIus- 

 taiig creek, in the panhandle of Texas. 



ka'-ikonho'ilal — dragouHy. 



Ka -ikonho'dal — "Dragonfly;" a Kiowa 

 boy frozen to death in the winter of 

 1890-91. 



ka'-itan — see k' i'oii. 



Ka'-itiin k' op — "Love-making moun- 

 tain," a mountain in the angle formed 

 by Elm fork and North fork of Red 

 river, Greer county, Oklahoma ; it takes 

 its name from the neighboring spring 

 of J\" ion ton or Kd'-Hiiil ton, ij. v. 



Ka'-itaiT toil — see K'ion ton. 



Ka'itse'nk'ia — a member of the h'li'i- 

 tsen'ko, i[. v. 



Kaitse'ilko — the ])rincipal one of the 

 six Kiowa military orders; the name 

 seems to mean "Kiowa horses.' from 

 Ga-i or Kii-i and tscii. Identical with the 

 "horse'' and "big horse," military or- 

 ders of the Kiowa and Kiowa Apache, 

 respectively, as given by Clark (see 

 page 229 herein). 



kan — see doti. 



k'an — (1) Hard; cf. yot. (2) Gripping, 

 squeezing. (3) A small red seed 

 berry, growing on thorny bushis in 

 rocky places, from Texas to the Arkan- 

 sas and northward. It has llowersand 

 is ripe in autumn and is eaten raw 

 or niasheil with pemmican. Perhaps 

 the wild rose, which is thus eaten 

 by the northern plains tribes. The 

 name has now been transferred to the 

 tomato. Cf. k'a'nk'o'dal. 



k.Vngya — name (noun), in composition 

 kail; what is his(its)name, hd'tso'kd'ii. 

 Cf. Da'tikan. 



Kanhe'nko — see Uo'hcn'ko. 



kai"ii — shell, rind, skin (of fruit), etc; 

 do'ka'iii, bark. Cf. ka'-i. 



k'a'nki'n — land tortoise or box turtle; 

 literally, " hard shields," from k'an and 

 kin, plural of kyui'ii. The Indians cat 

 them after roasting by throwing alive 

 into the Are. Cf. to'nak'a'. 



K'a'nkin ton — "turtle spring;" a water 

 hole on the Staked plain, in western 

 Texas. 



k'a/n-k'o'dal — "neck, i.e. necklace, K'an;" 

 the Sophora irythrina or coral beau. 



