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CALEXDAK HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



a western l>rancli of J clan p'a, q. v. ; so 

 called from the figures of two owls cut 

 upon a tree where the trail crosses. 



S(irii/o (Comanche) — "iJog-fat;'' a Co- 

 manche signer of the treaty of 1867. 

 wlierr his name appears as "Sad- 

 dy-yo, " tlie Comanche )■ sometimes 

 approximating <1. 



Biita — plural of sai, aai'gya, q. v. 



Sa-ta-more — see Se't-ema'i. 



Satana — see Set-t'a'inie. 



Satank — see Set-n'ngyn. 



Sa-tan-ta — see Set-fainte. 



Satekopeta, Paul — see Set-k'o'jHe. 



Sa-tim-gear — see Se't-iinki'a. 



sa'top — pipe. 



Sa'wano — Shawano, Shawnee. 



Ske-ti-toh — see Set-t'ai'nte. 



se'hiin — horned toad. 



sek'a'n — dogwood {Corniis a^jx''''/"^''^)' 

 used by the southern plains tribes for 

 arrows, but not for bows. 



Sek'a'n p'a — "dogwood creek;" a small 

 southern tributary of South C'auadian 

 river in the panhandle of Texas, a 

 short distance below Adobe Walls; 

 perhaps Chicken creek. 



Se'mat — Kiowa Apache; literally, 

 "Thieves'" (singular, dual, and plural 

 alike). C'f. A'semtse. They have been 

 so called for the last twelve years 

 on account of having .stolen and killed 

 the cattle and hogs of the Kiowa. 

 Formerly called Tagn'i, the generic 

 Kiowa name for the tribes of Apache 

 stock ; also Sa' dalso' mie-k' i' ago, "weasel 

 people" (see Kiowa Apache synonymy). 



Semat p'a — "Apache creek;" an upper 

 branch of Cache creek, joining with 

 E'gn'a ira (Chandler cieek), on the res- 

 ervation ; so called because the Kiowa 

 Apache reside chiefly upon it. 



Se'iuiitnia — "Apache- woman;" a Kiowa 

 woui.an in the Osage massacre of 

 1833. Her proper name was probably 

 Tagu'imii, as the Apache were then 

 called Tagu'i. 



sen — nostril. 



Bcu — prickly. 



Sen p'a — "cactus river;" Salado river, 

 Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The name refers 

 to the tall upright cactus ( Ccreus giyan- 

 teiia), not to the prickly pear ( Opuntin). 

 The Kiowa say there are salt l>eds on 

 its lower course. 



seu-.'i — willow. 



Sen'-ii. p'a — (1) " willow creek ; " a north- 

 ern tributary of the Washita, about four 

 miles below Sugar creek, Wichita 

 ri'servation. (2) Sabinas river, a trili- 

 utary of Salado river, Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. (3) A northern tributary of 

 Beaver creek, a short distance aliove 

 the junction of the Palo Dure. Okla- 

 homa. 



sen'-iilo' — the prickly pear {Opunlia 

 iortispinaf), literally "prickly plum." 

 from sen and «7o'. Eaten raw by the 

 Indians. 



Se'u-iilo'k'op — "prickly-pearmouutain," 

 a low rocky hill near Stumbling- bear's 

 camp on the road to Fort Sill ; so called 

 from the abundance of prickly pears 

 upon it. 



SeTi-iilo' p';i — "prickly-pear creek;" a 

 creek near Bent's fort in Colorado, per- 

 haps Caddo or Rate creek (see Summer 

 1856). 



se'fii — cactus, especially the peyote (Lo- 

 phophora), eaten with religious cere- 

 monial; literally, "prickly fruit," from 

 seii and i; in composition, sen. 



se'npa'ga — nuistache; cf. se'npo. 



se'npo — mustache, beard; plural si '»y)a'- 

 ga, from sen, nostril, and paga, down, 

 fur, fnz/. ; pu' da,a, single hair of fur or 

 fuzz, pubis, beard, etc; a'da', a single 

 hair of head, eyelash, of horse, cow, 

 etc. Cf. Be'dalpa'go. 



se'np'odal-e' (or se'vp'ole'} — a watei bulb, 

 apparently the water lily, growing in 

 Swan lake aud other ponds on the 

 Wichita reservation; eaten by the In- 

 dians. 



Se'np"odal-e' p'a — "water-lily creek" (?). 

 Pond creek, a northern tributary of the 

 Washita, on the Wichita reservation. 



Se'np'odal-e' setso' — "water-lily 

 pond " ( ?). Swan lake, on the Wichita 

 reservation. 



Se'npo-gu'ad.al — "Red-beard;" .1. M. 

 Haworth, Kiowa agent, 1873-1878; 

 Battey writes it SimpotjuodU: 



Se'npo - ze'dalbe — • ' Terri ble-beard." 

 (1) William Madison or Matthewson, 

 a former trader among the Kiowa. 

 About the year 1865 he had a trading 

 house at the Santa Fe crossing of Cow 

 creek iu Kansas, from which he moved 

 when the Kiowa were put upou the 



