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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



it is a ibri'i.nii wor<l, old. and willi iin 

 meaning in Kiowa. 



T'a'ka'-i- tai'de — " White -man - cliicl';' 

 the Kiowa name nf Tsa'yadi'tlti or 

 White-man, present head chief <>!' the 

 Ajiaohe. 



Taka'-ite — sfe Taka'-i-j/o dal. 



Ta-k.^-ia-couchr — "Ta-ka-ta-eonche, 

 the Black Bird,'' a Kiowa signer of the 

 treaty of 1837, as tlie name appears in 

 the treaty. The eorreet form may lie 

 T'cnc'-koii'kya, q. v. 



fa'-ko'n — ''lilack-ear;" a variety of 

 horse, light in color, but with black 

 ears, prized by the Kiowa as the best 

 for racing. Sometimes particularly 

 specified as t'a'-ko'ii taeii, ''black-eared 

 horse" (see Summers 1861 and 1867). 



T'a -ko'n — ''Black-ear;" a noted race 

 horse stoh'U by the Navaho in 1867 

 (see the ju'eceding). 



Ta'-k'op' — "saddle mountain," from 

 ta'gnii itnH k'op ; Saddle mountain, near 

 the head of Walnut creek, on the 

 reservation. 



til'la' — folded, bent double, shortened 

 (applied only to feathers). 



tiiiyi' — boy; plural, tahjn'p, or in some 

 proper names Idhju'i. 



Tiilyi'-da'-i — see A'dalbea'hi/a. 



Ta'misi — Thomas C. Battey, first teacher 

 among the Kiow.a, in 1873; now living 

 in Jlosk, Ohio. 



fan — small, little; an archaic word used 

 now only in proper names. The com- 

 mon word is n(iiif q. v. 



tiiu — (1) an edible turnip-like root; (2) a, 

 kind of headdress of upright feathers, 

 a crest of feathers; iita'ndo, he has a 

 headdress of upright feathers. 



Ta-ne-congais — see T'ene'-ko'iikija. 



tan'gia — deer, a ceremonial word, used 

 only by old people; tangi'apu', a buck 

 deer; tai'Kjl'atm', a doe. The common 

 word is kyaVyiKti), literally "Jumper,'' 

 or t'iip, q. V. 



Tangi'apa' — ''Buck-deer;" a Kiowa war- 

 rior killed by the Mexicans in 1850-51. 



Ta'ii-gu Tidal — "Red-feather-liead-dress," 

 (or red tiin root?) ; a noted Kiowa war- 

 rior killed in Texas in 1868-69. Cf. 

 Tii'n-ko'iikya. 



t'ani — smooth; fau'edd', it is smooth. 



Tii'n-ko'nkya — "Blaek-feathered-he ad- 

 dress;" a noted Kiowa war chief who 

 dii'd in 186.5-66. Cf. Tii'n-gii'i'idal. 



t'a'upe-a' — the skunklierry Imsh (Ithits 

 Irilohata); plural I'Hi'ipi-'ko: faTipe-i', 

 skunkberry. The seeils or berries are 

 eaten raw, or beaten up with sugar, 

 anil considered a dainty, although very 

 bitter. 



T'ii npea' p'a — "skunkberry creek;" a 

 southern tributary ol' the South Cana- 

 dian, about opposite L.athrop, in the 

 p.anhandle of Texas. White-deer 

 creek ( ?). 



T'iinpe'ko — "Skunkberry peojile," alias 

 TseTi-u'dalka'-i, "Crazy Horses;" the 

 "War-club" baud of Clark. One of the 

 six Kiowa military orders (see page 229). 



T'a'n-yii'daldii — "smooth hill, "from fai'd 

 and i/iidaldii; a hill or mountain near 

 Fort Clark, southern Texas. 



T'a'n-yii'daldii p'a — "smooth-hill river;" 

 Las Moras creek ( f ) of the Rio Grande; 

 described as at Fort Clark (see the 

 preceding). 



T'a'n-yii'daldii- yii''piihe'gya — ''smooth 

 hill soldier place;" Fort Clark, south- 

 ern Texas (see the preceding). 



t'iip — deer, anteloi>e, etc, especially ante- 

 lope. Cf. also I'd, k>jai''(juan, taiifli'a, 

 ko'ya'-i. 



Ta'sihci (Comanche) — A Comanche signer 

 of the treaty of 1867, where the iLame 

 appears as "To-sa-in, To-she-wi, or 

 Silver Brooch." 



T'a'-sep — set^ Sd'k'ola. 



Ta'shin (Comanche) — .see Tayii'i and Kio- 

 wa Apache synonymy. 



Ta/-tiithe'nte — see I'a'-Ui'dal. 



t'a'-tse'D — wild horse; literally, "ante- 

 lope horse.'' 



Tu'yukioo'ip (Comanche) — " Sore-backed- 

 horse;" a Comanche signer of the treaty 

 of 1867, where the name appears as 

 "Tir-ha-yah-guahip, or Horse's Back." 



t'a'-zo'ta'— an antelope corral or drive- 

 way (see page 309). Cf. so'td'. 



T'a'-zo'ta' p'a — "antelope corral cieck;" 

 Bear creek, between Cimarron and 

 Arkansas rivers, near the western line 

 of Kausas. 



-te, -ti — a personal suffix, usually mascu- 

 line, in proper names. 



T'e'bodal(-te) — "O u o- w h o -carries - a- 

 pack-of-meat-frimi-the-buffalo's-lower- 

 leg;" the full form would be T'e'bodal- 

 pii'te (cf. Tso'k'o'dalte), from t'epga, odal, 

 and fe : the oldest man of the Kiowa 

 tribe, now about eighty years of age. 



