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near the imigniut mad. There is a 

 town namid Big Spring on (Jiraud 

 creek. 



to'ntep — a spring, from ton and te-jj; 

 tommonly abbreviated to ton in geo- 

 graphic names. 



To'ntep p'a — "spring creek;" Fontaine 

 qui Boiiille creek, Colorado. 



to'nti — leg; in eoraposition, ton. 



Tofitsl'nigyap'a — "orooked-waterereek," 

 from ton and tsi'nigi/n ; Crooked creek, 

 in the Cherokee .strip, Oklahoma. 



toTizo' — current (of a stream) ; tonzo'lya, 

 the water is tiowing. 



ToTizo'go'dal p'a — ".strong current (i. e., 

 swift water) river," from to'nzo', got, 

 plural ijo'dal, and }>'a ; apparently a 

 head braui-h of Pease river, Texas, 

 and deseril>ed as midway between Red 

 river and the Staked plain, where they 

 are one day's journey apart. Also called 

 Piibo 2>'a, "Amerieau-horse river," from 

 a tight there in whiih the Kiowa took 

 from the Te.xans a number of American 

 horses, the largest they had ever seen 

 (see Winter 1841-42). 



Tooc-a-nie Kiowa — (for Tawa'koni, a 

 subtribe of the Wichita.) During the 

 outbreak of 1874-7.") "a band of Tooc- 

 a-uie Kiowa (part Wichita and part 

 Kiowa) who had been for several years 

 with the Wichita and AVaeo, went to 

 tlie Kiowa of the Kiowa agency" 

 (Agent T. S. Free, page 289, Indian 

 Report, 1875). 



to'pde — before (in time). 



To-SA-IN or TO-SHE-wi — See Ta'smt'i. 



T'o'-t'aka'-i, T'o'-t'a'k.V-i-dombe — 

 Americans and the United States, as 

 distinguished from Mexicans and Tex- 

 ans and their country; literally, "cold 

 wliiti'-man country,'' i. e., "nortliern 

 white-man country," and hence "cold, 

 i. e., northern, white men," from gyiit'o', 

 t'a'la'-i, and dombe. Cf. T'o-Ki'ileihinq) 

 and Teha'nelo. 



-tsii — a feminine suffix, as kyaVgnan, 

 deer, ki/aVguantsa', doe. Cf. -ma under 

 mci'iiyi'. 



tsii' — comrade, partner. 



tsii'dal — goose; also jroii. 



Tsii'dal-t'a'in — "White-goose," i. e., 

 Swan; a hostile Kiowa chief in 1874. 



TsAli — "Charley,'' the Kiowa name of the 

 trader Charles W. Whitaere (or Whit- 



taker). He is mentioned as present at 

 the treaty of 1867, and Liter had a trad- 

 ing house on the north bank of the 

 WasIiita.oppositeAnadarko, just above 

 the present Wicliita school. He acci- 

 dentally shot himself in 1882. 



Tsali Esiin — "Little Charley" (])lural 

 form) ; Charles Rath, of the trading 

 firm of Rath, Wright &. Reynolds, for- 

 merly at Fort Sill. 



tsiin — he came, they cami'; sonn'times 

 used for return; cf. ««'. 



tsii'ukia — a (horse) race. 



Tsii'nkia-ki'ada — see Tao'lai'. 



tsii'nyi — sei^ polti'nyi. 



Tsii'nyui — see VolWiiyup. 



Tsii'pi'ii p'a — "prairie-dog-eating river," 

 from tsatOjpia, auAp'a; a large western 

 tributary of Rainy-mountain creek, on 

 the reservation. So called because 

 about twenty-five years ago, while the 

 Kiowa were camped there, a rain 

 drowned out a large number of jirairie 

 dogs and the Indians killed and .ate 

 them. 



tsii'to — prairie-dog; in composition, 

 sometimes tsii; singular and plural 

 alike. 



Tsii'to-yji'daldii — " Prairie-dog m o u n- 

 tain;" a prominent mountain or bluff 

 20miles west of Vernon, Texas, between 

 Pease river and Red river. 



Tsii'to-yii'daldii pe p'a — "prairie-dog 

 mountain sand river ; " Pease river, an 

 upper branch of Red river, in Texas 

 (see the preceding). 



Tsa'yadi'tlti (Apache) — see T'a' ka' -i- 

 tai'dc. 



tse' — short; I am short, iilxo'ntae' ; he is 

 short, o'He kontae' . Cf. etse', thick. 



tse'dal(-te) — situated, situated upon. 



tseu. — mud, clay. Cf. t8en. 



Tsen p'a — "mud creek." (1) The lower 

 part of Sugar creek, .alias East fork of 

 Rainy-mountain creek, on the reserva- 

 tion. Cf. Taodo'm p'a saiA Se'pyii'dnldii 

 p'a. Another authority says it is lower 

 Rainy-mountain creek, below the junc- 

 tion of the two main forks. (2) Little 

 Wichita river (at Henrietta), Texas. 



tseu — horse, plural isehko; old names are 

 tai'de and gu'dpedal. A wild horse is 

 called t'a'-tse'n, "antelope horse" (see 

 also/)a7>o). Cf. (sen. 



Tse'n-ii'dalka'-i — see T'dnpe'ko. 



