killed in Texas in the winter of 1866-67. From _äpâdeâ´dalgop_, "I
strike my head against a tree;" _ä_, tree; _â'dal-_, head, in
composition.
äpäñtsep--they left him (it) tied; I tie him (uncommon), _gyäpä´ñi_; I
leave him tied, _gyäpä´ñtsep_.
a´`pata´--far up, far off; a word used in pointing out the top of a very
tall tree, the end of a long rope or a sky depth; intended to convey the
idea of going out of sight.
A´päta´te--"Far-up," from _ä´`päta´_ and _te_; a Kiowa rendering of the
name of the Cheyenne chief, Wo´ifdo´ĭsh, "Touch-the-clonds,"
killed by the Pawnee in 1852. He was also called K`a-t'ogyä,
"Knife shirt," or Hâ´ñt'o´-gyäk`i´a,` "Iron-shirt-man" (Cheyenne,
_Mä-ai´-tai´-ĭ´stsĭ-hĭ´nă´_) on account of a cuirass which he wore,
probably taken from Mexico (see _k`a_, _t'ogyä_, _hâñgya_, _k`ïa_).
Ä´pätdo´ p'a--Cimarron river, Oklahoma, "river of trees with low
spreading branches," from _ä_, _pä´tdo´_, and _p'a_. Also sometimes
called _Doha´te-hem-de p'a_, "river where Doha´sän died" (in 1866), from
_Doha´te_, _hem_, _-de_, and _p'a_.
ä´pätsä´t--tree tops, from _ä_ and _pätsä´t_.
a´peñ.--otter.
A´peñ-gu´ădal--"Red-otter;" a Kiowa warrior, brother of old Lone-wolf
(see Winter 1873-74). From _a´peñ_ and _gu´ădal_.
Ä´piatañ--"Wooden-lance;" a Kiowa delegate to the messiah, 1890, and to
Washington, 1894; also spelled _Ah-pe-ah-tone_ (_Report, 113_). The name
implies a lance without a metal blade, like Set-t'aiñte's famous
_zebat_, from _ä_ and _piătañ´ga_.
ä´poto--a branch or limb of a tree; a forked stick or rod; one of the
large forked poles which support the roof of the medicine lodge; from
_ä_ and _po´to´_ (see story, Summer 1857).
ä´sâhe´--ragweed (_Ambrosia psilostachya_), literally "green plant,"
from _ä_ and _sâhe´_. It is used medicinally by the Kiowa for persons
and horses, and on account of the resemblance to its bitter taste the
name has been transferred to pickles, _äsâhe´_, whence also
_ä´sâhe´toñ_, vinegar.
ase´--a creek or small stream. The word is seldom heard, _p'a_ being
generally used for all streams, large or small.
a´se´gya--spring (the season), an archaic word which can not be analyzed
(see page 366). It is also known as _so´npa´ta_, "grass sprouting," from
_son_ and _gyäpa´ta_.
ä´semtse--he was stolen. I steal, _gyäse´mdo_ or _gyäse´mk`o_; I steal a
horse, cow, etc, _gyäse´mk`op_; they stole them (horses, etc),
_eda´se´mk`op_; thief, _se´mät_, hence their name for the Kiowa Apache.
Ä´sese p'a--Clear fork of Brazos river, Texas; literally, "wooden
arrowpoint river," from _ä_, _se´se_, and _p'a_. The Comanche name,
conveying the same meaning, is _Tä´`ka-ho´novĭt_. Cf. _Se´sep'a_.
_Ätäbĭts_ (Comanche)--see _Ĕ´sikwita_.
Ä´-tagu´i--the Lipan and the Mescalero Apache; "timber Apache," from
_ä_, and _Tagu´i_. It seems to refer more particularly to the Lipan, the
Mescalero usually being called by their Comanche name of _Ĕ´sikwita_.
ä´taha´-i--a war-bonnet, literally "feather crest," from _ä_ and
_taha´_. The war-bonnet is the most showy part of an Indian warrior's
dress, and consists of a cap and crown of eagle feathers, with a pendant
of the same feathers fixed in a broad streamer of red cloth or buffalo
skin of sufficient length to trail upon the grotind when the wearer
stands erect. Cf. _ä´tä`lä´_.
Ä´taha´-i Gyä´`gan-de Ase´--"creek where they bought the war-bonnet;"
the fourth creek entering North fork of Red river from the north below
Sweetwater creek, western Oklahoma; so called because some returning
warriors brought to the Kiowa camp there a war-bonnet taken from the Ute
(see Summer 1869). From _ä´taha´-i_, _gyä`ga´n, -de_, and _ase´_.
Ä´taha´-ik`i--"War-bonnet-man," a Kiowa warrior killed in Mexico in
1844-45; also known as _Set-k`o´dalte_, "Bear-neck;" from _ä´taha´-i_,
_k`i_, _set_, _k`odal_, and _te_.
ät'a´kagu´a--antelope "medicine" for hunting antelope; literally, "they
surrounded (_äka´gu´a_) antelope (_t'a_);" present, used only for
ceremonial or "medicine" surround, _ät'a´kayi´_. The common word is
_egi´atä´da_, "they are surrounding him" (see Winter 1848-49).
Ä´-t'a`ka´-i--"timber Mexicans," inhabitants of Tamaulipas and both
sides of the lower Rio Grande; from _ä_, and _t'a`ka´-i_.
Ä´-t'a`ka´-i Dombe, or _Ä-t'a`ka´-i-gyă_--Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and
southeastern Texas; literally, "Timber-Mexican country," from
_Ä´-t'a`ka´-i_, _dombe_, and _gyă_ (see _Toñhe´ñ-t'a`ka´-i-do´mbe_).
ä´tä`lä´--a feather headdress, an imitation from the Ute and other
western tribes, made of feathers bent or doubled in a peculiar manner;
from, _ä_ and _tä`lä´_.
Ä´tä`lä´te--"Feather-headdress," a Kiowa warrior in 1888-89; from
_ä´tä`lä´_ and _te_.
a´tän--sour, bitter.
ätä´ndo--"he has a headdress of upright feathers;" said of one of the
_Tseñtä´nmo_, q. v.
atäñ´ta--I am dissatisfied.
a´täntai´--salt, from _a´tän_ and _t'aiñ_ (?).
A´täntai´-gyäk`udal-de´e´--"salt place," "where there is salt;" the salt
beds on the upper South Canadian, at the New Mexico line.
A´täntai´ p'a--"salt river," from _a´täntai´_ and _p'a_; (1) Salt fork
of Arkansas river, Oklahoma; (2) Elm fork of Red river, Greer county,
Oklahoma; (3) a southern branch of the South Canadian, above _Dä´ñpeä
p'a_ (White-deer creek?), in the Texas panhandle, near where the Ute
captured the _taíme_ in 1868, and near the New Mexico line. Near it was
a salt deposit, from which the Indians procured salt. The Salt fork of
Red river is called by the Kiowa _Dä-mä´tan-ä p'a_, q. v.
ATAWAY-TAITI PAU--see _Ä´do-ee´tä-de p'a_.
_Äte´stisti_ (Comanche)--"Little-horn," a Comanche signer of the treaty
of Medicine Lodge, 1867; spelled Ah-te-es-ta on the treaty.
äti--entrails. Cf. _sadal_.
ä´`to--cowbird? The ordinary name for the common cowbird is
_tseñ-gu´ato_, "horse bird."
äto´ñ--bones, his (?) bones. Cf. _tem_.
Ä´`to-t'aiñ--"White-cowbird," from _ä´`to_ and _t'aiñ_; a Kiowa war
chief, brother of Sun-boy, and killed by Texans in 1878-79. In 1874
Set-t'aiñte had given him his _zebat_ or medicine lance, for which
reason he was sometimes known as Zebä-do-k`ia, "Man-who-has-the-arrows"
(plural form), from _zebä_, _gyädo´_, and _k`ia_.
Äyä--"Sitting-on-a-tree" (?). A boy saved from the Osage massacre
in 1833. The name seems to be abbreviated from Äyä´ñgya,
"Sitting-on-a-tree," from _ä_ and _ä´ñgya_, but may possibly
be for _Äyä´ñti_, "(He is)-Walking-on-a-tree," or _Äyäñ´yi_,
"Dreaming-on-a-tree."
Ä´yä´daldä--"Timber hill," from _ä_ and _yä´daldä_; a hill near the
southern Kansas line, on Medicine-lodge creek, hence called _Ä´yä´daldä
p'a_.
Ä´yä´daldä p'a--"Timber-hill river" (see preceding); Medicine-lodge
creek, which flows southward from Kansas into the Salt fork of the
Arkansas. The noted treaty was made here in 1867 (see Winter 1867-68).
azä´, azai´--udder.
Azä´tañhop--"those who went away dissatisfied on account of the udder,"
from _azä´_, _atäñ´ta_, and _hop_; a traditional seceding band of Kiowa.
äzo´n--pomme blanche (_Psoralea esculenta_); a characteristic plains
plant, the root of which is eaten in early summer by probably all the
tribes of the plains.
äzo´t--driftwood; a dam formed by driftwood; from _ä_ and _zo´_ (?), the
root of the verb "to flow."
Äzo´t p'a--"Driftwood creek, from _äzo´t_ and _p'a_; Two-butte creek, a
southern tributary of the Arkansas, below Bent's Fort in Colorado; so
called from quantities of driftwood from freshets along its lower
course. Near its head, is a "double mountain" (Two buttes?).
_Bab´i`pa´_ (Apache)--an Apache signer of the treaty of 1867, called on
the treaty "Mah-vip-pah, Wolf's sleeve."
badai´--(he is) appearing (as from, over a hill); I am appearing,
_äba´dai´_; he is appearing or coming in sight, _badai´_ or _badä´_.
ba´dlo´--another name for hill, ridge, or bluff. Cf. _k`op_, _yä´daldä_,
_do´ha´_.
Bä´o (-te)--see _Guñsa´dalte_.
bä´otse´yu--cat; from _bä´o_ (onomatope?) and _tse´yu_.
bätso´!--run to it! hurry toward it! implying hurrying to shelter or
protection, as _tso´ bätso´! k`op bätso´!_
BA-ZHE-ECH (Apache)--an Apache signer of the treaty of 1867, called on
the treaty "_Ba-zhe-ech, Iron Shirt_."
be´dal--mouth; properly, lips; singular, _be´ta_.
Be´dalgu´ăt--see _Do`gu´ăt_.
be´dalpa´--beard; literally, "mouth down or fur," from _be´dal_ and
_pa_; the more common word is _senpo_, q. v.
Be´dalpa´go--white people, particularly Americans; literally, "bearded
people," from _be´dalpa´_ and _gó_. Other Kiowa names for the whites
are: (1) _T'a`ta´-i_, an old word signifying "prominent or flapping
ears," from _t´a_ and _ka´-i_, from the fact that the shorter hair of
the white men makes their ears appear more prominent; the same name is
also applied to a mule. (2) _Hâñpo´go_, "trappers," from _hâ´ñpo´_ and
_go_, because some of the first whites known to them were American
trappers. (3) _Ganoñ´ko_, "growlers," on account of their coarse voices,
as regarded by the Indians. (4) _Gañto´nto_, "cap wearers," from
_gañto´n_. (5) _Bo´yoñko_, "blonds;" singular, _Bo´yoñk`i´a_, from
_boiñ_ and _ko_ or _k`ia_.
Be´dalpaheñ´ko--see _Te´guă-go_.
Belo--"Pedro," the Kiowa corruption of the name of a Carrizo (Mexican)
captive, a Florida prisoner in 1875, and still (1897) living.
_Be´shĭltchă_ (Apache)--the Kiowa Apache name for the Kiowa.
_Bi´ăko_--Viejo (?); a Mexican captive and a Florida prisoner in 1875;
still living.
biăn, biănta--large. Cf. _edal_.
bi´ăndäta--it boils, boiling.
bi´ăsot--shower, showery; _bi´ăso´tdă´_, it is drizzling.
bi´ĭmkâ´-i--a parfléche box, pouch, box; wooden box, _ä´-o`kâ´-i_.
bodal--abnormal, or useless (?); cf. _ka´-bodal_ and _T'a-bodal_. A
somewhat similar word, _p'o´dălta_, in composition, _p'o´dal_, q. v.,
signifies decayed or rotten.
Bo´he´--not translatable and probably of foreign origin; a Kiowa man
still living, said to have six fingers on each hand. His brother,
_Masa´te_, "Six," had six toes on each foot.
boho´n--cap, especially a war cap, ornamented with feathers, and
sometimes with buffalo horns. _Bo´ho´nta_ or _k`an-bo´ho´nta_, (a white
man's) hat, from _boho´n_ and _k`an_, squeezed or compressed, perhaps
referring to the split in the middle or to the brim doubled up.
Boho´n-ko´ñkya--"Black-cap;" a former Kiowa chief, one of the signers of
the treaty of 1837, where his name appears as "Bon-congais, the Black
Cap." Catlin painted his picture in 1834 (pl. LXXVI herein) under the
name of "Bon-son-gee, the New Fire." Imo´tä, a son of ´dalpe´pte, is
properly Boho´n-ko´ñkya, named from this chief.
bo´iñ--blond, bright. Cf. _tsoñda_.
Bo´iñ-e´dal--"Big-blond;" a German captive, taken in 1835, still living
among the Kiowa (see Summer 1835).
Bo´loi--not translatable, probably corrupted from a foreign (Spanish?)
name; a Mexican captive and Florida prisoner in 1875, still living.
BON-CONGAIS--see _Boho´n-ko´ñkya_.
bo´npä--sweathouse; more commonly called _sä´dalgu´ăt_, from
_sä´daltep_, _sweat_.
Bo´npä p'a--see _Tépgañ p'a_.
BON-SON-GEE--see _Boho´n-ko´ñkya_.
Bon toñ--"stinking water, or spring," from _gyäbo´nse_, it stinks, and
_toñ_ or _toñtep_; a water hole on the Staked plain, probably so called
on account of sulphur or alkali impregnation. Probably Sulphur springs,
in Martin county, Texas, at the head of the Colorado.
bot--stomach, belly.
Bot-e´dalte--"Big-stomach," from _bot_, _e´dal_, and _te_; a Kiowa woman
who died in the winter of 1882-83.
Botk`i´ägo--Arapaho Grosventres; "belly people," from _bot_ and
_k`i´ägo_. Cf. _Ä´hyäto_.
Bo´yoñko--see _Be´dalpa´go_,
byu´ñi--circle, circular.
CATAKA--see _Tagu´i_ and Kiowa Apache synonymy.
CAYGUA--Spanish form of _Gâ´igwŭ_ (see Kiowa synonymy).
CEAR-CHI-NEKA--see _Si´ăchĭ´nika_.
CET-MA-NI-TA--see _Setmä´nte_.
CHA-HON-DE-TON--"Cha-hon-de-ton, the Flying Squirrel," the name of a
Kiowa signer of the treaty of 1837, as it appears in the document.
_Cho´nshita´_ (Apache)--An Apache signer of the treaty of 1867. The name
appears on the treaty as "Cho-se-ta, or Bad Back."
CHO-SE-TA--see _Cho´nshita´_.
COMALTY--see _´daltoñ-e´dal_.
CON-A-HEN-KA--"Con-a-hen-ka, the Horne Frog" (sic), a Kiowa signer of
the treaty of 1837, as the name appears in the treaty. The horned frog
(toad or lizard) is called _se´hän_, and the correct name may possibly
have been _Se´hänk`i´a_, "Horned-toad-man." In the treaty of 1867
T'ene´-ango´pte, "Kicking-bird," appears as "Ton-a-en-ko or Kicking
Eagle."
CORBEAU--see _Gaa´-boho´n_.
dä--(1) eye; (2) star.
-dă--kill (in composition).
Da do´ha´--"medicine bluff," from _da´-i_ and _do´ha´_; Mount Rochester,
etc., on the upper South Canadian, Texas panhandle.
Da´goi--a Kiowa hero (see story, Summer 1857). The name seems to contain
the word _da´-i_, "medicine."
da´gya--song.
_Daha_ (Apache)--a Kiowa Apache chief and delegate in 1872; still
living.
Da´hä´te--see _Mamä´nte_.
daho´tal--they kill us. See _eho´tal_.
da´-i--"medicine," sacred, religious, mysterious; _da´-i_, "medicine,"
in the ordinary English sense, is sometimes distinguished from _da´hä_,
medicine, in the Indian sense of sacred or mysterious; _Dak`i´a_, God;
_Daki´ada_, Sunday.
Daki´ada--Sunday; "medicine day," from _da´-i_ and _ki´ada_.
Daki´a-sä´n--Saturday; "little medicine day," from _da´-i_, _ki´ada_,
and _sän_.
dam--(1) war path, war expedition; (2) first.
Dä´-mä´ta´n(-ta)--"star girls," from _dä_ and _mä´ta´n_; the Pleiades.
There is a myth to account for the name. A ceremonial invocation and
sacrifice were formerly made to them by mothers on behalf of their sick
children, but the last priestess of the ceremony is now dead.
Dä´-mä´ta´n-ä´ p'a--Salt fork of Red river in Greer county, Oklahoma;
literally, "Star girls (i. e., Pleiades) tree river," from _Dä´-mäta´n_,
_ä_, and _p'a_; so called from a noted tree formerly there, which grew
from the sprouting of a twig driven into the ground to support the
"medicine" on occasion of a ceremonial sacrifice performed by the mother
of Stumbling-bear (see above). The tree was about 30 miles up the creek
and was finally cut down by the Comanche.
da´m-koñ´kya--evening; literally, "first darkness," from _dam_ and
_koñkya_; also called _deko´mdo´le(-gya)_, from an archaic root
referring to slight darkness.
dan--canyon, pass.
dan´--shoulder.
Da´npä´--see _Dohasän_ (_4_).
dä´npa´-iñgya--crown of the head.
Dä´n-pa´-iñgyat'a´-i--"Bald-head," "bald on the crown of the head," from
_dä´nto´_, _dä´npa´-iñgya_; Lawrie Tatum, agent for the Kiowa and allied
tribes, 1869--1873.
dä´nto´--bald; I am bald, _ä´dä´nto´ită´_.
Da´tekâ´ñ.--"Keeps-his-name-always;" it contains the root of _kâ´ñgya_,
name; a Kiowa who assumed the role of prophet in 1881-82, taking the
name of Pa´te´pte, "Buffalo-bull-coming-out," from _pa_, _tep_, and
_te_.
_Datûmpa´ta_ (Hidatsa?)--given as the Hidatsa name for the Kiowa (see
Kiowa synonymy).
_Däve´ko_ (Apache)--a Kiowa Apache chief and medicine man.
-de (in composition)--(1) all, many; (2) a possessive suffix ("of"),
sometimes equivalent to "when," "where," or "there," as _Pai´-tälyi´-de
tseñko_, Sun-boy's horses; _Pa´-ä´ngya tsä´n-de sai_, "winter when
Sitting-bull came," "winter of Sitting-bull's coming."
De´ä´ p'a--"All-kinds-of-trees creek," or "Many-trees (or bushes)
creek;" a stream in Kansas somewhere about Fort Dodge.
-de´e´--there is, where is; a suffix in composition.
degañ´ta--I trade (either buying or selling); gañta, trading; _gañ´ta
do´_, trading house; _gañ´tak`i´_, trader.
de´hi´ñ--late afternoon, after about three oclock. Cf. _deki´äsa_.
deki´äsa--afternoon, until about three oclock. Cf. _de´hi´ñ_.
deko´mdo´le(-gya)--see _da´mko´ñkya_.
de´ngyä--ice.
De´ngyä-ko´ñ k`op--"Black-ice mountain," from _de´ngyä_, _ko´ñkya_, and
_k`op_; a mountain on the southern edge of the Staked plain; so called
from the appearance of the ice frozen on the branches of the trees after
a rain while a Kiowa war party camped there (see Winter 1834-35).
de´no`te´li--gypsum; the word contains _teli_, "white clay." The Kiowa
use it, when burned, to fasten arrowheads.
De´no`te´li p'a--Gypsum creek, Greer county, Oklahoma; "gypsum creek,"
from _de´no`te´li_ and _p'a_.
do--an intensive in composition, equivalent to "very" or "too," as
_do´ye´t_, very large.
do´--tipi, house; plural, _do´ta_.
do´-a´--"tipi game," from _do´_ and _a_. For description see Winter
1881-82.
do´ä´--a circular windbreak or fence of brushwood around a tipi to keep
off the force of the wind; from _do´_ and _ä_.
Doä´dal-koñ´kya--"Black-kettle" (plural form); the Kiowa name of the
Cheyenne chief "Black-kettle," killed in the battle of the Washita,
1868. See the next.
Doä´dal-koñ´kya-eho´tal-de´e--"where Black-kettle was killed" from
_Doä´dal-koñ´kya_, _eho´tal_, and _de_; the place of the "battle of the
Washita," in western Oklahoma, November 27, 1868.
do´a´t--condition of ceremonial mourning; in mourning; _do´ătda_, he is
in mourning. At such times they gash themselves, cut off their hair and
the hair of their horses' tails, neglect their dress and discard their
ornaments and paint, isolate themselves and wail night and morning in
lonely places. The regular word for "crying" is _a´lyă_.
doä´to, plural doä´dal--pot, kettle; _koä´to_, plural _koä´dal_, plate,
pan.
do´bä--face; in composition _do_.
Do´-e´dalte--"Big-face;" a Kiowa warrior killed in 1835-36.
dogâ´i--white faced (as applied to an animal); having the face of a
color different from that of the rest of the body; from _do´bä_ and
_gâ´idă_. Cf. _Gâ´igwŭ_.
Do-gi´ägyä-gu´ăt--"battle picture tipi," from _do´_, _gi´ägyä_, and
_gu´ăt_; the hereditary tipi of Doha´sän's family (see Winter 1872-73
and plate LXXIX).
do`go´t-ä´--oak, oak tree, literally "very hard wood," from _do_, _got_,
and _ä_; they now say _ka`do´li-ä_, which conveys the same idea, on
account of the death of a woman named Do`go´tä about five years ago.
_Do`go´t-e´_, acorn, literally "oak fruit."
Do go´t-ä p'a--Oak creek or Post-oak creek, a small southern tributary
of the Washita in County H, Oklahoma; literally, "oak creek," from
_do`go´t-ä_ and _p'a_. The name has recently been changed to _Ka`do´li-ä
p'a_ (see the preceding).
Do`gu´at--Wichita, with their cognate tribes the Waco and Tawakoni, and
presumably also the Kichai; singular _Do`gu´atk`ia_, literally
"pictured, or tattooed faces," from _do´bä_ and _gu´ăt_, on account of
their practice of tattooing; sometimes also called Be´dalgu´ăt,
"tattooed mouths;" singular, _Be´dalgu´ătk`i´a_, their Comanche name;
_Do´`kana_ conveys a similar meaning. They call themselves
_Kĭtikĭti´sh_, spelled _Kidi-ki-tashe_ in the Greer county testimony.
Do`gu´at k`op--"Wichita mountain," from _Do`gu´ăt_ and _k`op_. The Kiowa
call by this name only those at the western end, between Elk creek and
the North fork of Red river, on the reservation, in the vicinity of the
old Wichita village (see Summer 1834). For the rest of the group they
have names only for particular peaks.
do´guătal--a young man.
Do´guătal-e´dal--"Big-young-man," from _do´guătal_ and _e´dal_; a
sacrilegious Kiowa warrior in 1861.
Do´guătal-tai´de--"Young-man-chief," from _do´guătal_ and _tai´de_;
agent Lieut. Maury Nichols, in charge 1893-94.
do´`gyäho´n--she was frozen; I am freezing, _ädo´`gyäho´n_.
do´ha´--bluff.
Doha´, Doha´te, or Doha´-sän--"Bluff" or "Little-bluff," from _do´ha´_,
_sän_, and _te_; the hereditary name of a line of chiefs in the
Kiowa tribe for nearly a century. The name has been borne by at
least four of the family, viz: (1) The first of whom there is
remembrance was originally called _Pa´-do`gâ´-i_ or _Pado'gâ_,
"White-faced-buffalo-bull" (from _pa_ and _do-`gâ´-i_), and this name
was afterward changed to _Doha´_ or _Doha´te_, "Bluff." He was also a
prominent chief. (2) His son was originally called _Ä´anoñ´te_ (a word
of doubtful etymology), and afterward took his father's name of
_Doha´te_, which was changed to _Doha´sän_, "Little Dohate," or
"Little-bluff," for distinction. He became a great chief, ruling over
the whole tribe from 1833 until his death in 1866. His portrait was
painted in 1834 by Catlin, who calls him _Teh-toot-sah_, and his name
appears on the treaty of 1837 as _To-ho-sa_, the "Top of the Mountain."
(3) His son, whose widow is Anki´mä, inherited his father's name,
Doha´sän, was also a distinguished warrior, and died about three years
ago. His scalp-shirt and war-bonnet case are now in the National Museum.
(4) The nephew of the great Doha´sän II and cousin of the last mentioned
(3) was also called Doha´sän, and always wore a silver cross with the
name "Tohasan" engraved upon it. He was the author of the Scott
calendar, and died in 1892; shortly before his death he changed his name
to _Da´npä´_, "Shoulder-blade," from _da´n_, "shoulder" (?), leaving
only Anki´mä's husband (3) to bear the hereditary name, which is now
extinct.
Doha´te-he´m-de p'a--see _Ä´pätdo´ p'a_.
Dohe´ñko--the Carrizo, and probably also the Karankawa; "shoeless
people," from _do´ti_, _heñ-_, and _ko_. The Tonkawa also called both
these tribes and others on the Texas coast the "shoeless" or "barefoot
people" (Gatschet). The Kiowa know the name Carrizo from having still
among them some captives of that tribe, and state that they wore sandals
instead of regular moccasins. Also called _Kâ´nhe´ñko_ and
_Yi´atä´teheñko_, from _kân_ and _yi´atä´te_, other synonyms for
_do´ti_, moccasin, q. v.
Dohe´ñte--"No-moccasins," or "Barefoot," a keeper of the _taíme_, who
succeeded Anso´`te in 1873 and died in the winter of 1875-76; called
_Tohaint_ by Battey.
Do´ho´n--Mandan, said to mean "last tipi," from _do´+_; an older form of
the same name is _Dowa´koho´n_, and they are also sometimes called
_Sa´bă´_, "stingy."
do´`ka´ñi--bark (of a tree); contains _ka´ni_, shell or rind.
Do´`ka´ñi k`op--"bark mountains," the Santa Rosa mountains in northern
Coahuila, Mexico.
Do´`ka´ñi-t'a`ka´-i--"Bark (mountain) Mexicans," those in the vicinity
of the Santa Rosa mountains, Coahuila (see the preceding).
Do´-ko´nsenä´go--Chiricahua Apache; "People of the turned-up moccasins,"
from _do´ti_, _ko´nsenä´_, and _go_; the "Hooked or Curved Toe Apache"
of Clark (page 33). They are now prisoners of war at Fort Sill on the
reservation, and were known to the Kiowa under this name before their
removal from Arizona.
dom, dâm--(1) earth; (2) under, in composition.
Doma´ñk`i´ägo--see _Gu´igyä´ko_.
do´mba´--bugle, flute, flageolet. Nearly every tribe of the plains and
eastward has its native flute.
do´mbe--country, region, from _dom_ or _dâm_.
Domo´ntoñ--ocean; literally seems "water surrounding the earth," from
_dom_ and _toñ_. They have no specific names except by description.
do´n--fat (noun); I am fat, _ädo´n_.
Do´n p'a--South Platte river; "fat river," on account of the former
abundance of the buffalo there. According to Clark, the South Platte is
known to the tribes as Fat or Greasy or sometimes as Goose river.
do´nä´i--pecan; literally, "fat or oily tree fruit," from _do´n_, _ä_
and _i_ or _e_. Another name is _oñ´guă_.
Do´nä´i p'a--(1) Elk creek of North fork of Red river, on the
reservation; it was formerly called _Ko`ga´-i p'a_, "Elk creek." Elk
have been seen in the adjoining portion of the Wichita mountains within
the last twenty years. (2) Nueces river, Texas, called also _Nakü´`tävä
hono_, "Pecan river," by the Comanche. The Kiowa name also signifies
"Pecan river." (3) The southernmost tributary of _Señ p'a_ (Salado,
Nuevo Leon, Mexico), i. e., probably the Sabinas Hidalgo branch (lower
Salado).
doñ´iga--far below, as at the bottom of a well or canyon. Deep is _zoñ_.