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KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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loilge creek. Oklalioin.-i ; sn called be- 

 ciiuse the Kiiiwii held there the first 

 sun dunce after the smallpox ei)ideijiic 

 of 1861-62. 

 Tii'ijiKja'la (Jeiiiez jmehlo) — see Tai/iii. 

 Tagn'i — Apache, <'to; the fjeueric Ktowa 

 iiaiije for all trihes of Athapascan or 

 Apache stock. In eousiMiiience of the 

 di-ath of a person of that name, it was 

 superseded for a time liy K'u -pii'top. 

 ••Knife-whetters." lint the original 

 name is now restored. The etymology 

 is nncertain, but the word is evidently 

 connected with Td'yiiya'Ui and Ta'fjii- 

 kere'sh, and perhaps with Tashin, Ga'- 

 ta'lca and Tha'ka-liiiu'iia. Cf. T'aka'-i. 

 The Kiowa include uuiler this generic 

 term the A'-lagii'i (Lipau), K'op-twjn'i 

 (Jicarilla), E'sikwita (Mescalero), Do'- 

 ku'nseiia'go (Chiricahua), Zc'hii-gi'nni 



( ), and Se'niiit (Kiowa Ap.ache). 



Tribal sign: Right imb'xfingei- rubbed 

 briskly np .and down along left index 

 linger, as though whetting a knife. 

 For other si)ecific and generic names 

 applied to the Apache, see Kiowa 

 Apache synonymy. 



Ta'gukere'sh (Pecos puebhi) — see Tagii'i. 



T'agu'n-yii'dalda—" antelope a n 1 1 e r s 

 hill," from fa, i/un, and ya'dalda ; Ante- 

 lope hills, on south side of South 

 Canadian river, near the western Okla- 

 homa line, in E county. 



T'a'gnno'tal p'a — "nuion when the ante- 

 h>\>e antler.s drop otF,'' from t'u, gm'i, 

 ottil, and p'a; a Kiowa moon or month, 

 including portions of August .and Sep- 

 tember. 



T'a gnn'otal P'a Siiu—" Little rn'j«H0'/a7 

 P'a;" a Kiowa moon or montU, includ- 

 ing poi-tions of .July and August. 



ta'gya — saddle; in compo.';ition (o, as 

 ta'-ii, "saddle wood,'' Ta' I'o'p, "Sad- 

 dle mountain." 



T.'igya'ko — Jsorthern Arapalio (Wyo- 

 ming), "Wild-sage people," "Sage- 

 brush people," from tii'ggl and Jco or 

 k'iago. Cf. A'lii/ulo and Bo'tk'i'aijo. 



tii'gyi — wild sage, sagebrush {Artemisia 

 ludoricinna) . 



taha' — erect, high, <-urved. 



Ta'ha (Apache) — an Apache chief and 

 delegate to Washingtiui in WTO, still 

 living. 



ta'ho — refers to •' leading ecmfederates." 

 Cf. Gi('a'na-d<-'ta lio. 



-tai'de — chief, in composition, as T'ene'- 

 Idi'de, "liird-cliii'l;" it comes from a 

 root signifying aliove, top, on top of; 

 ggiitai'di; he is above, i. e., he is chief. 



tai'me— the great Sun-dance medicine 

 of the Kiowa (see page 240). The ety- 

 mology is doubtful, but the same W(U-d 

 signifies also " inos(|nito"and "silent." 

 Imtai'me, yon are silent; iai'mt'gi'i', 

 talkative, sociable. 



tai'me-lii'imka'i — "tai'me box;" the pe- 

 culiarly shaped and decorated raw- 

 hide^ box in which the tai'me image is 

 preserved. 



Tai'niete' — "Taime-mau;" a priest and 

 keeper of the tai'me from 1883 until his 

 death in 1894. 



fain — white. 



T'ain do'ha'— "White bluff." (1) A bluff 

 ou upper South Canadian river, near 

 the New Mexico line. (2) (Samof); a 

 blntf at or beyond the head of /'« p'a (3), 

 .about sontheastern Colorado (see Win- 

 ter 1840-11). 



T'ain p'a— "White river." (1) An ex- 

 treme upper northern tributary of South 

 Can.adian river, one day's journey be- 

 low the salt beds (at the New Mexico 

 line), and about halfway to (lu'adal 

 do'ha'; perhaps Major Long's creek, 

 Texas panhandle (see Winter 1847^8). 

 (2) Brazos river, Texas, main stream; 

 also White river, alias Catfish creek, 

 near its head. 



T'ai'nte—" White;" special agent L. E. 

 White, 1887-88. 



T'ain-yiidaldii—" white hill;" a hill or 

 hills ue.ar the liead of White river of 

 the Hrazos, Texas. 



TiCka Ho'nunt (Comanche) — see .'iseae 

 p'a. 



Til'-ka'gyii p'a — •'eyi--triumph ereek ; " a 

 small branch of Apache creek, on the 

 reservation, near where now is Jlucha- 

 cho's house (see Winter 1879-80). 



taka'-i— j;l) buckskin; (2) a saddle lilan- 

 ket, of bnfl'alo hide. Cf. Tu'ka'-i. 



T'a'ka'-i — see lie'dalpa'go. Cf. taka'-i. 



Taka -i-p'o'dal — "Sp o i led- s add le- 

 blanket;" a Kiowa signer of the 

 treaty of 18()7, where the name ap- 

 jiears as "Fish-e-more, or Stinking 

 saddle;" commonly abbreviated to 

 Taka'-ite. The name "Fish-e-more," 

 as given in the treaty, is pronounced 

 rVsemd'i by the Kiowa, who say that 



