KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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ic!i, Mini moved .sontliwnrrt. cstiiblish- 

 ing themselvi'S on the lieadwatirs of 

 the North S;isk:itthewan, near Bat- 

 lUfoid, about 53^ north, under the 

 protiition of the Blackfeet. They 

 are the northernmost tribe known to 

 tlie Kiowa, who reiuenilier tlieni as 

 allied to the Blaikfeet and as speaking 

 an Ai)afhe dialect. .Several prominent 

 Kiowa are of Sarsi descent by former 

 intermarriage. Sign : Touching the 

 thigh in a sweeping pass with the 

 open right hand. 



Paki'-gn'adalkantft' — Brule Sioux ; "red- 

 burnt thighs," from paki, <iu'<'idal, and 

 Ueiiha'n. Sign : Same as for Pu'k'Uigo, 

 followed by sign for Sioux (Ko'dal- 

 piik'i'fiiio). 



Pa -ko'nkya — "Black-bull,'' :i Kiowa 

 warrior in 1873. 



Palii'nl — see K at'a. 



Pali— '•Valdez" (f), a Mexican captive 

 and Florida prisoner in 1875; still liv- 

 iug. 



pii'ngun or piiTigy-l— a sacrificial offer- 

 ing, or ofiering "thrown away" upon 

 a hill to the sun ; from jiafi, the root of 

 till- verb "to give," and //mi, the root 

 of the verb "to throw away." I am 

 sacrificing, (niiipiiamda' ; I have sacri- 

 ficed, gijiipii'im or fiijapU'gui, ; i/iiada'- 

 tsaiiV)iio, I make or prepare a ceremo- 

 nial other than sacrifice, as K'a'do' or 

 D(i'-mt'i taii-da'-i. 



Pan'gyiigi'ate — " Sacrifice - man," from 

 piifiiljlii and te ; a Kiowa warrior killed 

 in Mexico in 18.53-.54. 



Pao'ngya — autumn ; the name refers to 

 the thickening of the fur {pa) of the 

 buffalo; also called AVden-gijiiiiu'iidcd- 

 o'mgi/d-i, time "when the leaves are 

 red," from ai'dei'i and im'udal. 



I'an'iya (Comanche)— see To'iipi'to. 



Pit' rill se'aman (Comanche) — " Ten-elks ; " 

 a Comauche signer of the treaty of 

 1867, upon which the name appears as 

 "Parry-wah-s.iy-men or Ten Bears." 



ran-ij-n-ah-mij-mcn (Comanche) —see 

 I^ii'viasr' amihi . 



Pasa'ngyii-The Staked plain, of Texas 

 and New Mexico; literally, "prairie 

 eilge," or "prairie bluff," from pa'i/i/a, 

 and aa'ngya. The nanie properly refers 

 only to the blutl'edge or escaqunent of 

 the Staked plain, which itself is com- 



monly referred to simply .-is I'iii/iiii or 

 I'iiija. " The prairie." 

 pa'sot — thunder. According to the belief 

 of the Kiowa and the plains tribes 

 generally, thunder is produced liy a 

 large bird resembling the eagle. 

 Pa'sot-ky;i'to'— (ieneral W. S. Hancock, 

 present at the treaty of 1867 ; liter.ally, 

 " ( >ld-mau-of-the-thunder," from jm sot 

 and ki/ato': so called on acconnt of 

 the eagles upon his shoulder straps, 

 emblematic of his rank, which were 

 thought by the Indians to symbolize 

 the thunder bird. The Kiowa say that 

 he was called by the whites Ga'iiu'cin 

 ((ieneralf). 



P.'i'sufiko or Pa'sun-T'a'ka'-i— ilexicans 

 about El Paso on the Rio Grande; 

 from the Spanish I'asemis. 



piit, piitdo' — having low spreading 

 branches; from piit, an .archaic word 

 for low spreading brandies, and -do or 

 -*(', a snfBx implying having, it has, 

 or there is, from (jyiiilo' . 



Pa'-ta'dal— "Lean-bull;" (1) see KoWa- 

 biiVati: (2) A Kiowa war chief in 

 1874-75, still living. He is commonly 

 known to the whites as "Poor- buffalo," 

 and in the last outbreak gaiued the 

 name of Ta'-tiitlwii'tc, "Never-unsad- 

 dled" (from ta'gyii, tUtf, Aeii, and (c), 

 from his practice of keeping his horse 

 saddled at night, to be always ready 

 for surprise. 



Pa'te'i)te — see Da'tekdn. 



Pa'to' — see T'i"i>i'''taide. 



Pa'-to'u— "Bull-tail;" a Kiowa warrior 

 killed by the Mexicans in 1834-.S5. 



piitsii't — end, to]); .as ii'-piilsii't, k'op-pii- 

 tsii't, iVdiil-piitsii't, p'u-piilsii t. 



pii'taoga — similar, looking alike. Cf. 

 pii'da-i. 



Piitso'ga'te — "Looking-alike;" a daugh- 

 ter of Stumbling-bear uoted for her 

 beauty. She died in 1882. 



Pa'ya — seepd'gyn and PUsU'ngijii. 



pe — sand. 



Pe p"a — "sand river;" Smoky-bill river, 

 Kansas. 



Pe p'a edal— "great .sand river;" Red 

 river (of Texas aud Indian Territory), 

 so called both above and below the 

 North fork. 



Pe ton — ■•sand spring;" a water bole 

 on the Staked plain, in Texas or New 

 Mexico. 



