28 KICHAIS.—COMANCHES.—KAIOWAS. 
They are armed with bow and quiver of arrows ; wear blankets wrapped around their loíns, and 
buckskin sandals upon their feet. Kichai Indians afterward visited us, but we saw about them 
no characteristics differing from Huécos. 
Plate 18 represents a couple of Comanches, wrapped in blankets, girdled with cords, and on 
horseback. Oneis figured in the act of speaking by signs. They are armed with bows and 
arrows, and are without moccasins. They are expert horsemen, ride gracefully and rapidly, 
with no other equipments than the simple raw-hide noose represented. However, they are not 
averse to using both saddle and bridle, whenever in their marauding expeditions they can obtain 
possession of them. Their features are sharp; nose long; eyes small, black, and sparkling. 
Their furtive glances express cunning, if not treachery. 
PLATE 18. 
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Comanches. 
Plate 19 is intended to represent Kaiowas upon a hunt. We gave them a cow, and they said 
they would show us how they killed buffalo. Therefore, mounting horses, they first goaded 
the poor cow to madness, and then pursued her. The scene is sufficiently indicated, except 
that the artist has transformed the game into that which we were desired to imagine. 
There appears to be no characteristic difference between the Kaiowas and Comanches. It is 
probable that they are both branches of the ““Snake”” tribe. Our vocabularies of their languages, 
which Professor Turner is examining, will determine the fact. The Kaiowas* wear blankets 
wrapped around their bodies, in the toga style. They are excessively fond of ornaments of 
iridescent shells, of silver, and of brass, such as are represented in the chapter upon Indian 
arts. They wear enormous head-dresses made of feathers, with long trails behind, ornamented 
with circular plates of silver. Yellow ochre is the favorite tint for besmearing their faces, and 
vermillion is used to color the head where the hair is parted. Like the Comanches, they suffer 
© The Indians and Mexicans sometimes pronounce the name as if written Kayaguas. I have seen it so spelled. 
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