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rraer\'ati()n in 18611, and estalilislied a 

 liouse ou the Avest side of Caclie creek, 

 2i miles below Kurt Sill, ou the reser- 

 vation, where he remained until about 

 1876. His place on Cache creek waa 

 about ou the site formerly occupied 

 by Tome'te, i[. v. It is said he was 

 sometimes known as MaTitaha'k'id, q. t. 

 C2) Timothy Peet, trading clerk at 

 Auadarko; the name was transferred 

 to him from Madison. 

 Sicx-soN-DA-CAT— " Sen-son-ila-c.-it, the 

 White Bird; a Kiowa signer of the 

 treaty of 1837, as the name appears on 

 the treaty. It eau not be identified; 

 ■'White-bird" would be T'eiie'-I'ai'ilte. 

 Sep— (1) rain; sepdu, it is raining. 

 (2) The root of the verb "to pierce" 

 or "to sew." 

 Se'pya'dalda — "raiuy luouutaiu," from 

 nrp and yn'ihihlti; Rainy mountain, ou 

 the reservation, about 30 miles west 

 of Auadarko. 

 Se'pya'dalda p'a — "rainy-mouutaiu 

 ercek;" the western branch of Rainy- 

 incMintain creek, asonthern trilmtary of 

 Washita river near Rainy mountain. 

 The eastern branch is called Tsodo'm 

 p'a, q. v.. and the main stream l)elow 

 the junction is called Tsen p'a. 

 Se s( — arrowhead ; when made of stone, 

 it issometimesdistinynishedasA'tt -lAwi 

 scae. 

 Se'se p'a — "arrowhead river ; " Arkansas 

 river, the most prominent river in 

 Kiowa narrative. According to Clark 

 it is known as Flint (i.e., flint arrow- 

 head) river among the plains tribes 

 generally. 

 Se.se p'a hoan — "Arkansas riv<-r road;" 



the Santa Fc trail. 



set — bear; an archaii' wonl used now only 



in composition, especially in proper 



names. The ordinary word is oiihii'te. 



se t.'i — the small intestine of the liutt'alo 



or cow. 

 Setii — "Cow-intestines;" a school boy 

 frozen to death in the winter of 1890-91, 

 probably the "Sailor" of Scott's report 

 on the subject. 

 Se t-ii'gyai' — " Bear-on-tree," from set and 

 «; a Kiowa warrior killed by the Paw- 

 nee iu 18.51. 

 Se't-.'i'ngya—" Sitting- bear." (1) Auoted 

 Kiowa war chief, commonly known as 



Satank, killed at Fort Sill iu I,s71. 

 (2) A son of the above, killed in Texas 

 al)out a year bi^fore. 

 Se't-daya'-ite — "Many-Viears," from set, 

 (1(1, a-i, and (c. (1) A Kiowa warrior, 

 known to the whites as Heap-of-Beara, 

 killed by the Ute in 1868. (2) A keeper 

 of the taime, 1876-1883. 

 8c't-ema'-i — "Bear-lying-dowu" (hal)itn- 

 ally); cf. Jc'a (2). A Kiowa signer of 

 the treaty of 1867, where his name ap- 

 pears as Sa-ta-niore. 

 Set-iinki'a — "Pnshiug-bear," from .sc; and 

 (leki'a; a noted Kiowa war chief, still 

 living, <nie of the signers of the treaty 

 of 1867, where his name appears as 

 " Sa-tim-gear, or Stumldiug Bear." His 

 name is ccuumonly abbreviated to 

 liiiki'((, while to the whites he is known 

 as Stumbling-bear, a mistrau-slation of 

 his proper name, which indicates a 

 bi-ar that overthrows or pushes over 

 everything iu his way. 

 Se'fc-k'o'dalte — see A' iuha' -ik'i . 

 Se't-k'o'pte (Paul) — "Mountain-bear; " a 

 Kiowa warrior and Florida jirisoner in 

 1875; as a boy he was called " Bufi'alo- 

 horns." At the close of his imprison- 

 ment he was adopted iuto a white fam- 

 ily under the name of Paul Saitkopcta 

 Carrnthers. He returned to his tribe 

 in 1882 and is still living. 

 Se't-ma'nte — "Bear-above " (Sky-bear). 

 The Kiowa name of a Kiowa Apache 

 signer of the treaty of 1837, in which it 

 appears as " Cet-ma-ni-ta, the Walking 

 Bear." A Kiowa warrior and Florida 

 prisoner iu 187.5. Cf. Vanui nlc. 

 Se't-pil'go — "Lime-bear ; " a Kiowa signer 

 of the treaty of 1867, in which the name 

 appears as " Sit-])ar-ga, or Sa-])a-ga, 

 Oni' Bear." 

 Set-pate — "He-bear;" a Kiowa warrior 



about 1854 (see Winter 1854-55). 

 setse'yu — hog; literally, "domestic Itear," 



from set and tseyu. 

 Setse'yu p'a — " hog creek ; " Hog creek, a 

 southern tributary of the Washita, 

 about eight miles above Auadarko, on 

 the reservati(m . So called ou account of 

 the former presence there of wild hogs 

 which had escaped from the Caddo north 

 of th<' river, 

 setso' — lake, pond. 

 Setso' — "lake;" Swan lake, Wichita res- 



