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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ ETH. ANN. 17 



"giirjjrcf-shcll liver;'' soinetimt's cmIIimI 

 K'o'dalpii p'a, ''necklaoe river," ;uiil 

 l)y misconception arising from its 

 proximity to the Dakota K'o'thilpa- 

 k'i'ap'a, "Sioux river." According to 

 Clark, the Indians generally call it shell, 

 or shell-on-neck. river. The South 

 riatte is called Don p'n, -'Fat river." 



k'o'dalpii — necklace, gorget, breastplate; 

 from Icodal and pii, the root of iiijapd'- 

 iiiio. 



K'o'dalpii p'a or K'o'dalpiik'i'a p'a — see 

 K'n'dnU'afon p'a. 



K'o'dalpii-k'i'iigo — the Dakota; literally, 

 •'necklace people," from A,'o'(irt/j)o' and 

 k'i'ago. Probably a misconcepti<m of 

 the tribal sign, made by dra-sving the 

 hand with a sweeping pass in front of 

 the throat, and commonly interpreted 

 •■ Beheaders," from a former tril>al cus- 

 tom. "Beheaders" in Kiowa, would 

 be K'o'daltii-]/ i'iigo. 



k'o'daltii — beheading (see Imk'o'daUd). 



K'o'daltii k'op — "beheading mountain;" 

 a low mountain on the head of Otter 

 creek, on the reservation, within two 

 miles northwest from Saddle mountain 

 ( Ta'-k'op) and about 25 miles northwest 

 from Fort Sill. The massacre from 

 which it takes its name occurred on the 

 wt<8t side (see Summer 1833). 



ko'ga'-i — elk. Elk have been seen in 

 the Wichita mountains within twenty- 

 five years. 



Ko'ga'-i p'a — "elk creek." (1) Red-deer 

 creek, a southern tributary of the South 

 Canadian in the Texas panhandle. 

 (2) Former name of Elk creek, now 

 Donii'i p'a. 



Ko'gu'i — '*Elk," an archaic or t-eremonial 

 form ; one of the six recognized divi- 

 sions of the Kiowa tribe, the "Elk" 

 band of Clark (see page 228). 



k'cdi'iiton — abbreviated form of i'o'rfrt- 

 Vt'dton, q. V. 



Ko'nipabi'auta. — "Big tipi flaps," from 

 kompa'ka and hi'dnla : an old name 

 somctinu's used by the Kiowa for them- 

 selves, for which no satisfactory reason 

 is .assigned. Another form is Kompa'go, 

 "tipi-flap people," from kompa'ka 

 and go. 



Kompa'go — see Ko'mpaM'diita. 



kompa'ka — tipi flaps, at the top where 

 smoke escapes; now chimniij ; plural, 

 ko mpa' . 



komse' — worn out, old; as an old worn- 

 out tipi. 



Komse' ka-k'i'niihy up — see A hijiito. 



Komtil'ga or Komta'-gun-da — thi' tipi 

 medicine and the pole to which it is 

 tied (see Gunpd'ndama). 



Ko'nabin'ate — "Black -trip e , " from 

 koftkya, aln'n, .and tc ; abbreviated 

 Kon'ate ; a Kiowa warrior, hero of a 

 noted .adventure (see Summer 1857). 

 Afterwar<l called I'a'-ia'dal, ij. v. 



ko'naka'n — one issue period of two 

 weeks; literally, "end, or series, of 

 nights," from konkya and aka'ii. Cf. 

 kontd'kia. 



Ko'nate — see lioTiahi'nate. 



Kon'-do'ha/ — "black blutt," from konkya 

 and do'lia' ; a bluff in the vicinity of 

 the head of Cimarron river, in south- 

 eastern Colorado or the adjoining part 

 of Xew Mexico. 



Kon'k'i'iigo — see I'atii'go and Gaa'k'tiigo. 



kon (-kya) — black, dark, one night in time 

 measure of .journeys; in composition 

 koii. One night, two nights, etc, ptigo 

 kon, yi'a koii, etc; kofi'kya, black; 

 ko'fikgddd', it is lilack; ko'Tikyiion, he is 

 bl.ack (as a, negro); konguai, black 

 ))aint. 



Ko'ilkyiioTiko or Ko'nkyiio'n-t'a'ka'-i — 

 "Negroes; literally, "black people," 

 or "people with Idack upon them," 

 from konkya, oil, .and -ko; singular 

 Ko'nkydo'nk'i'a. Cf. Gu'ddalo'nte. Also 

 sometimes called Ko'nkyao'n-fdka'-i, 

 "black white men.'' 



Konpii'te — "Blacken s - h i m s e 1 f , " or 

 "Makes-liimself-black," from konkya, 

 black, dekoTipdka' , I l)lacken myself; 

 a Kiowa warrior killed I>y soldiers in 

 1871. 



ko'usenii' — turned up (?). 



koutii'kia — a week; literally, mi<ldle of 

 (issue) nights; also pa' go Daki'uda, 

 i.i'., "one Sunday." Cf. ko'naka'n. 



Kontii'lyui — "Black boys," from koiV- 

 kya and I'iilyi' ; one of the six recog- 

 nized divisions of the Kiowa tribe; 

 also called Si'ndiyu'i, " Sindi's chil- 

 dren," from Sindi .and i ; the " Black" 

 band of Clark (see page 228). 



Konyii'daldii — "black hill," from konkya 

 and yd'daJdd ; probably identical with 

 the Bine hills in northern Kansas. 

 Described as between Pv p'a (Smoky- 

 hill river) and Hiinlso p'a (Scdomon 

 fork?). (See Summers 18.54 and 1860). 



