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CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



Ti'pinavo'n (Comanche) — a Coiiiamhe 

 signer of the treaty of 1867, upon whicli 

 the name appears as " Tcp-pe-uavou, 

 Pointed Lips." 



TiR-iiA-YAii-Gi!AHip — 866 TU')/dkwoip. 



t'o cold, in composition, from ijyiifo'. 



to'di — taken l)ack, or returned, after le- 

 ceivini; (as result of a quarrel or re- 

 morse). 



to'jfya — after, past; giTia-to'gya, after 

 midnight. 



t'o'gyii — coat, shirt. 



TOHAINT — see DoheTite. 



TOHASAN — see Dolia'adn. 



To-HO-SA — see Doha'sdn. 



to'i — a curve. 



t'o'ida' — uncommon, accidentul, abnor- 

 mal ; as a pinto horse, a six-fingered 

 hand, etc. 



t'o'igu'fit — pinto, variegated in color, 

 especially a horse, from t'o'idd' and 

 guaigya. 



T'o'-kMniihynp — "Cold Men," i. e., men 

 of the cold or northern country, from 

 gydt'o' and Jc'i'iiahi; one of two former 

 local divisions of the Kiowa, including 

 those who ranged chiefly on Arkansas 

 river and the Kansas frontier. Cf. 

 Gwaltale'do and T'o'-t'a'ka'-i, 



Tome'te — the Kiowa name of an early 

 trnder who located a trading jiost .about 

 1837 a short distance south of Fort Sill, 

 on the .spot afterward occupied by Wil- 

 liam Madison {Se'njm-zc'dalhe, q. v.). 

 The Kiowa form is a derivative from 

 his proper name (Thomas?). 



ton — tail. 



ton — water ; also leg in composition, from 

 lo'nti. 



Tox-A-EN-KO — see T ene' -ango' pte. 



To'n-ak' a '— " Water-turtle, " literally 

 "notched tail;" a noted Kiowa medi- 

 cine-man in 1884-85. Cf. Ic'a'nkin. 



ToTi-biMndji'ta — "boiling water;" Colo- 

 rado Springs, Colorado. 



To'n-dahli' — "medicine, i. e., mysterious, 

 water ; ' a natural rock well, large and 

 deep, near the head of Scout creek, in 

 the Texas panhandle. It is so called 

 probably from a tradition of some water 

 spirit or monster dwelling there. Cf. 

 To'ii-dahyd'. 



ToTi-dahyii' — "medicine water, mysteri- 

 ous wiiter;" a lake somewhere in the 

 mountains of the far north, near which 



llie Kiowa Apache locate one of their 

 most noted wonder .stories. The name 

 seems to be an archaic form for Tn'ii- 

 dahW, q. v. 



tougu'ayo — sitting with legs cro.sscd and 

 extended; I sit so, iUoiiyn'ayo-ii'ngya, 

 from tordi, gii'ayo, legs eros.sed and ex- 

 tended, and d'ngya. 



Tonh<'u p'a — "waterless, i. e., dry, 

 creek ;" Sand creek, Colorado, a north- 

 ern tributary of Arkansa.s river, and 

 the scene of the Chivington massacre. 



Tonhefi-t'a'ka'-i, or Tonhe'u-t'a'ka'-i- 

 do'mbe — waterless Mexican (country); 

 the people and region of Chihuahua 

 and ujiper Coahuila, Mexico. 



Tonbyo'pda' — the "Pipe-bearer," or otfi- 

 cer who marched at the head of the 

 yonug warriors on an expedition; he 

 did not necessarily carry a pipe. Ety- 

 mcdogy doubtful. 



To'i"iko'n — "black water;" a pond on 

 the edge of the .Staked plain, about 

 three days' journey westward from 

 Double mountain, in Texas; perhaps 

 Agna Negra, just inside the Texas 

 line, about 34". 



To'nko'n p'a — "black-water creek;" a 

 southern tributary of the Washita, 

 about five miles below the Custer bat- 

 tle-field {Dofi'daJ-koTikya-cho'laldee), in 

 F county, Oklahoma. 



Tonko'uko — "Black legs,'' from torili, 

 ko'iikya, and ko; singular, ToiikaTi- 

 gyak'i'a. (1) The Blackfoot Imliaiis. 

 (2) One of the six Kiowa military 

 orders, the Raven. Raven Soldiers, or 

 Black Leggings of Clark (see page 229). 



To'npeto — " Afraid-of-water," from ton 

 and gyiipe'to; the Kiowa rendering 

 of the name of the Comanche chief 

 I'dre'iya, who made the final peace 

 between the two tribes. 



toup'o'dal — lame, from to' ntisiuX p'o' ilalli'i ; 

 I am lame, ato'fip'o'dalta. 



Tonp'o'dal-kyii'to' — "Lame-old-man; " a 

 Kiowa war chief in 1832. 



To'nsahe' p'a — "blue (or green) water 

 river;" Colorado river of Texas. It 

 is called "blue water" or "blue river" 

 by the Comanche also. 



To'nteb-e'dal p'a — "big-spring creek;" 

 probably Giraud creek of Red fork 

 of Colorado river, Texas; described 

 as southward from Double mountain. 



