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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



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koTtho leiulers; so called lieraiise 

 wrapped with lieaver fur. 



Piibo'te — "American -horse;' a Kiowa 

 chief about. 1880, so called on account 

 of his uncommon size (see piibo). 



Pa-con-ta — "Pa-con-ta, My Young 

 Brother ;" the name of a Kiowa signer 

 of the treaty of 1S37, as it appears on 

 the treaty. " Brother" is piibi'. 



pii'da-i — twin. Cf. 2)n'tso;ia. 



PU'da-i — "Twin;" a Kiowa warrior and 

 Florida prisoner in 1875; still living. 



Pa'-do'ga'-i — .see DoUa'slin (1). 



Pa'douca — see Vrijai'lio. 



P'a E'dal— "great river;" (1) Rio 

 Grande; (2) a great river beyond 

 K'o'b-e'td' (the southern Rocky moun- 

 tains), probably the Colorado of the 

 ■west. 



P'a E'dal Siin— '• little P'liE'daJ ; " Pecos 

 river, New Mexico. 



P'a-Edal-T'a*ka'-i— " Rio Grande Mexi- 

 cans;" the Mexicans along the Rio 

 Grande, from about Laredo upward. 



P'a - edal-T'a'ka' - igya — '■ Great river 

 white-mail's place,'' from l''ti Kdal, 

 i'u'ka'-i, and rjijd; Fort Mcintosh, on the 

 lower Rio Grande, Texas; the Kiowa 

 seldom went below or east of this 

 point. 



Pa'-ehe'nigo''te — "Lame -bull; '' special 

 agent W. H. Abell, so called on account 

 of his lameness and his rough manner. 



pii'go <ir pii'nyi' — one, solitary, alone. 

 The first ten numerals are: pu'ijo, yi'a, 

 pci'o, yi'ugyii, o'nlo,miV8n,pii'iis(', uW'sc, 

 ga''se, ga'ldn. 



Pa'-gu'ak'o — " Yellow -bull;" a Kiowa 

 warrior mentioned in 1864 as having 

 been a delegate to Washington (see 

 page 177). 



pa'gun — to give by throwing away, as a 

 sacrifice of scalps, etc. 



Pa'-gunhe'nte — "Hornless -bull," from 

 pa, guil, hen, and tc. (1) A Kiowa war- 

 rior in 1846. (2) Another, killed by the 

 lite in 1868. 



pa'gya — another form of jjn, fur, (|. v. 



Pil'gya — see Piisii' ngyii. 



pilgyii — prairie, especially an extensive 

 one, such as the Staked plain ; another 

 form is pa' go. 



piihii'dal — forks of a stream ; jtiikii'dalggi'i, 

 at the forks. 



pai — (1) Sun. (21 Abbreviated form of 

 2>ai'gya, pai' da. 



Pai A'gan'ti — '•Sumnier.i gu'iiii ; a Kiowa 

 moon or month, comprising parts of 

 April and May. 



Pai Ganhi'na P'a — "Summer Ganhin'a 

 P'a;" a Kiow;i moon or mouth, <om- 

 prising parts of June and .July. 



PaiTe'pgan P'a — " Summer Tc'pgai'i P'a : '' 

 a Kiowa moon or month, comprising 

 parts of May and .June. 



pai'-ba'da — sunrise, from 2>a' and hadaV ; 

 pai'-ha'tv dt'pe'hii, "in the direction of 

 the sunrise," i. e., east. 



pai'da — see pai'giia. 



pai'gya — summer; abbreviated ^>«i; a 

 plural form, jiai'da, is also sometimes 

 used. 



Pai'-k'op Ton'tep — " s ii n - m o u n t a i n 

 spring;" a noted spring and Indian 

 rendezvous upon a mountain or mesa, 

 .-iboiit the southern border of the 

 Staked jilain. Cf. the following (sei^ 

 Summer 1857). 



Pai ton — "sun spring;'' a well spring 

 ill the Staked plain, Texas, ajouruey of 

 aliout a day and a half southwest from 

 Double mountain, and llo wing eastward. 

 So called because the basin is a round 

 hole in the rock. Cf. tbe jireceding. 



palu — dust, earth, dusty; it is dusty, 

 gyii-pai'niium. 



PaiTi-do' p'a — "earth -house river;" a 

 stream southwest from Double moun- 

 tain, Texas; so called from an adobe 

 house upon it. Cf. Tao'pain Do' . 



Pa'-iugya — " In-the-middle," from lopa'- 

 iiigya; a Kiowa prophet in 1888. 



pairiyouhii' — dusty. Cf. pain. 



Pai' tiilyi' — "Sun -boy." (1) A Kiowa 

 chief who died in 1888; the name is 

 sometimes rendered " Son of the Sun," 

 or "Sun's Son," and may refer to 

 (2) the Sun-boy hero, from whom is 

 derived the A'dalhea'hyu, i[. v. 



pa'ki — thigh. 



Pa'k'iiigo — Sarsi; literally, "stupid i)eo- 

 ple," from jj«' and ki'nijo ; other jiossi- 

 ble etymologies are "thigh people," 

 from paki : or friuu Piiki or I'nki'oni, 

 the Shoshoni name for the Blackfeet, 

 which in turn may be derived from 

 PikiVni, the jnoper name of the Piegan, 

 one of the Blackfoot divisions. The 

 Sarsi are a small tribe of Athapascan 

 stock, which separated about a hun- 

 dred years ago from the ]>areiit tribe, the 

 Beaver, on Peace river, British Amer- 



