SAD-DY-YO--see _Sä´riyo_.
sâ´he--blue, green; _sâ´he-ko´ñkya_, dark blue.
sai or saigya--winter, year; plural, _säta_ (see page 366).
SAITKOPETA, PAUL--see _Se´tk`o´pte_.
Säki´bo(-go)--Sauks, from their proper name, _Oñsa´ki_ or _Saki_.
Sä´k`odal Gu´ădal Do´ha´--"Cheyenne red bluff;" the Red hills on the
North Canadian above Fort Reno, Oklahoma. Cf. _Gu´ădal Do´ha´_.
sa`kon--buffalo chips; _sa´gya_, dung.
Sa´`kon-yä´daldä or Sä-yä´daldä--"buffalo-chip hill;" a hill or mountain
near Salt fork or White-river fork of Brazos river in Texas (see _Ahiñă
p'a_).
Sa´`kon-yä´daldä p'a--"buffalo chip-hill river;" Duck creek, a branch of
Salt fork or White-river fork of Brazos river, Texas; also called
_Ahiñ´a p'a_, "cedar creek."
sä-kop--midwinter, from _sai_ and _kopa´-iñgya_.
Sä´kop p'a--see _Ä`gâ´nti_.
Sä´k`ota--Cheyenne; singular, Sä´k`odal, etymology doubtful. Also called
_T'a´-sep_, "pierced-ear," or _Ä-gu´at_, "painted feathers," from the
fact that for their arrows they always used wild-turkey feathers, which
are transversely striped. Their Comanche name, _Pä´ganä´vo_, denotes
"striped arrows," and the tribal sign, made by drawing the right index
finger across the left, seems to convey the same idea.
Sä´k`ota-ä´oto´n-de p'a--"creek where the Cheyenne were massacred;" a
northern tributary of North fork of Red river, the second below
Sweetwater creek, in F county, Oklahoma; so called from a massacre there
in 1837, q. v.
sä`lä´ti--hot, from _gyäsä´dal_, it is hot.
sän--little; an archaic form, in composition, is _t'an_, q. v.
sä´ne´--snake; _säne´hiñ_, rattlesnake, literally, "principal snake."
Sä´ne´ p'a--"snake creek;" Deep creek, entering Cache creek, south of
Fort Sill, on the reservation.
sä´ngya--an overhanging bluff or escarpment. Cf. _Päsängyä_.
Sänko--see _Gyaí´`ko_.
sa´omhäpä--blood came up from him, i. e., he had a hemorrhage; _om_, a
drop of blood; _oñkya_, blood.
SA-PA-GA--see _Se´tpä´go_.
sa´pän--ashes.
sa´podal--a mythic cannibal monster; hence also, from its human
expression, an owl, properly _mahi´ñ_.
Sa´podal-â´daltoñ p'a--"owl-head creek," a western branch of _Ä´dan
p'a_, q. v.; so called from the figures of two owls cut upon a tree
where the trail crosses.
_Sä´riyo_ (Comanche)--"Dog-fat;" a Comanche signer of the treaty of
1867, where his name appears as "Saddy-yo," the Comanche _r_ sometimes
approximating _d_.
säta--plural of _sai_, _sai´gya_, q. v.
SA-TA-MORE--see _Se´t-emâ´i_.
SATANA--see _Set-t'a´iñte_.
SATANK--see _Set-ä´ngya_.
SA-TAN-TA--see _Set-t'a´iñte_.
SATEKOPETA, PAUL--see _Set-k`o´pte_.
SA-TIM-GEAR--see _Se't-ĭmki´a_.
sa´top--pipe.
Sa´wăno--Shawano, Shawnee.
SEE-TI-TOH--see _Set-t'ai´ñte_.
se´hän--horned toad.
sek`a´n--dogwood (_Cornus asperifolia_), used by the southern plains
tribes for arrows, but not for bows.
Sek`a´n p'a--"dogwood creek;" a small southern tributary of South
Canadian river in the panhandle of Texas, a short distance below Adobe
Walls; perhaps Chicken creek.
Se´mät--Kiowa Apache; literally, "Thieves" (singular, dual, and plural
alike). Cf. _Ä´semtse_. They have been so called for the last twelve
years on account of having stolen and killed the cattle and hogs of the
Kiowa. Formerly called _Tagu´i_, the generic Kiowa name for the tribes
of Apache stock; also _Sa´dălso´mte-k`i´ägo_, "weasel people" (see Kiowa
Apache synonymy).
Semät p'a--"Apache creek;" an upper branch of Cache creek, joining with
_E´gu´a p'a_ (Chandler creek), on the reservation; so called because the
Kiowa Apache reside chiefly upon it.
Se´mätmä--"Apache-woman;" a Kiowa woman in the Osage massacre of 1833.
Her proper name was probably _Tagu´imä_, as the Apache were then called
_Tagu´i_.
sen--nostril.
señ--prickly.
Señ p'a--"cactus river;" Salado river, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The name
refers to the tall upright cactus (_Cereus giganteus_), not to the
prickly pear (_Opuntia_). The Kiowa say there are salt beds on its lower
course.
señ-ä--willow.
Señ´-ä p'a--(1) "willow creek;" a northern tributary of the Washita,
about four miles below Sugar creek, Wichita reservation. (2) Sabinas
river, a tributary of Salado river, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (3) A northern
tributary of Beaver creek, a short distance above the junction of the
Palo Duro, Oklahoma.
señ´-älo´--the prickly pear (_Opuntia tortispina?_), literally "prickly
plum," from _señ_ and _älo´_. Eaten raw by the Indians.
Se´ñ-älo´k`op--"prickly-pear mountain," a low rocky hill near
Stumbling-bear's camp on the road to Fort Sill; so called from the
abundance of prickly pears upon it.
Se´ñ-älo´ p'a--"prickly-pear creek;" a creek near Bent's fort in
Colorado, perhaps Caddo or Rate creek (see Summer 1856).
se´ñi--cactus, especially the peyote (_Lophophora_), eaten with
religious ceremonial; literally, "prickly fruit," from _señ_ and _i_; in
composition, _señ_.
se´npa´ga--mustache; cf. _se´npo_.
se´npo--mustache, beard; plural _se´npa´ga_, from _sen_, nostril, and
_paga_, down, fur, fuzz; _pa´`da_, a single hair of fur or fuzz, pubis,
beard, etc; _a´da´_, a single hair of head, eyelash, of horse, cow, etc.
Cf. _Be´dalpa´go_.
se´np'odal-e´ (or _se´np'ole´_)--a water bulb, apparently the water
lily, growing in Swan lake and other ponds on the Wichita reservation;
eaten by the Indians.
Se´np'odal-e´ p'a--"water-lilycreek" (?). Pond creek, a northern
tributary of the Washita, on the Wichita reservation.
Se´np'odal-e´ setso´--"water-lily pond" (?). Swan lake, on the Wichita
reservation.
Se´npo-gu´ădal--"Red-beard;" J. M. Haworth, Kiowa agent, 1873--1878;
Battey writes it _Simpoquodle_.
Se´npo-ze´dălbe--"Terrible-beard." (1) William Madison or Matthewson, a
former trader among the Kiowa. About the year 1865 he had a trading
house at the Santa Fé crossing of Cow creek in Kansas, from which he
moved when the Kiowa were put upon the reservation in 1869, and
established a house on the west side of Cache creek, 2-1/2 miles below
Fort Sill, on the reservation, where he remained until about 1876. His
place on Cache creek was about on the site formerly occupied by
_Tome´te_, q. v. It is said he was sometimes known as _Ma´ñtaka´k`ia_,
q. v. (2) Timothy Peet, trading clerk at Anadarko; the name was
transferred to him from Madison.
SEN-SON-DA-CAT--"Sen-son-da-cat", the White Bird; a Kiowa signer of the
treaty of 1837, as the name appears on the treaty. It can not be
identified; "White-bird" would be _T'ene´-t'ai´ñte_.
sep--(1) rain; _sepdo_, it is raining. (2) The root of the verb "to
pierce" or "to sew."
Se´pyä´daldä--"rainy mountain," from _sep_ and _yä´daldä_; Rainy
mountain, on the reservation, about 30 miles west of Anadarko.
Se´pyä´daldä p'a--"rainy-mountain creek;" the western branch, of
Rainy-mountain creek, a southern tributary of Washita river near Rainy
mountain. The eastern branch is called _Tsodo´m p'a_, q. v., and the
main stream below the junction is called _Tsen p'a_.
Se´se--arrowhead; when made of stone, it is sometimes distinguished as
_k`a´-ikon sese_.
Se´se p'a--"arrowhead river;" Arkansas river, the most prominent river
in Kiowa narrative. According to Clark it is known as Flint (i. e.,
flint arrowhead) river among the plains tribes generally.
Se´se p'a hoan--"Arkansas river road;" the Santa Fé trail.
set--bear; an archaic word used now only in composition, especially in
proper names. The ordinary word is _onhä´te_.
se´tä--the small intestine of the buffalo or cow.
Setä--"Cow-intestines;" a school boy frozen to death in the winter of
1890-91, probably the "Sailor" of Scott's report on the subject.
Se t-ä´gyai´--"Bear-on-tree," from _set_ and _ä_; a Kiowa warrior killed
by the Pawnee in 1851.
Se´t-ä´ngya--"Sitting-bear." (1) A noted Kiowa war chief, commonly known
as Satank, killed at Fort Sill in 1871. (2) A son of the above, killed
in Texas about a year before.
Se´t-daya´-ite--"Many-bears," from _set_, _da_, _a-i_, and _te_. (1) A
Kiowa warrior, known to the whites as Heap-of-Bears, killed by the Ute
in 1868. (2) A keeper of the _taíme_, 1876--1883.
Se´t-emâ´-i--"Bear-lying-down" (habitually); cf. _k`a_ (2). A Kiowa
signer of the treaty of 1867, where his name appears as Sa-ta-more.
Set-ĭmki´a--"Pushing-bear," from _set_ and _deki´a_; a noted Kiowa war
chief, still living, one of the signers of the treaty of 1867, where his
name appears as "Sa-tim-gear, or Stumbling Bear." His name is commonly
abbreviated to _Ĭmki´a_, while to the whites he is known as
Stumbling-bear, a mistranslation of his proper name, which indicates a
bear that overthrows or pushes over everything in his way.
Se´t-k`o´dalte--see _Ä´taha´-ik`i_.
Se´t-k`o´pte (Paul)--"Mountain-bear;" a Kiowa warrior and Florida
prisoner in 1875; as a boy he was called "Buffalo-horns." At the close
of his imprisonment he was adopted into a white family under the name of
Paul Saitkopeta Carruthers. He returned to his tribe in 1882 and is
still living.
Se´t-mä´nte--"Bear-above" (Sky-bear). The Kiowa name of a Kiowa Apache
signer of the treaty of 1837, in which it appears as "Cet-ma-ni-ta, the
Walking Bear." A Kiowa warrior and Florida prisoner in 1875. Cf.
_Mamä´nte_.
Se´t-pä´go--"Lone-bear;" a Kiowa signer of the treaty of 1867, in which
the name appears as "Sit-par-ga, or Sa-pa-ga, One Bear."
Set-pa´te--"He-bear;" a Kiowa warrior about 1854 (see Winter 1854-55).
setse´yu--hog; literally, "domestic bear," from _set_ and _tseyu_.
Setse´yu p'a--"hog creek;" Hog creek, a southern tributary of the
Washita, about eight miles above Anadarko, on the reservation. So called
on account of the former presence there of wild hogs which had escaped
from the Caddo north of the river.
setso´--lake, pond.
Setso´--"lake;" Swan lake, Wichita reservation. Being the only lake in
the region, it is simply called "the lake."
Setso´ edal--"big lake;" a large lake in Coahuila or Chihuahua, Mexico,
described as having an island upon which was a Mexican fort.
Se´t ta´dal--"Lean-bear." (1) A Kiowa (?) warrior in 1864-65. (2) A
Kiowa Apache chief and signer of the treaty of 1867, being then the head
chief of the tribe. His proper Apache name was _Gu´ăñteka´na_, of which
Se´t-ta´dal is the Kiowa rendering. It appears on the treaty as
"Kon-zhon-ta-co, Poor Bear." He was the father of White-man, present
head chief of the Apache.
Se´t-t'a´iñte--"White-bear;" a noted Kiowa chief and signer of the
treaty of 1867, who committed suicide in prison in 1878. He was commonly
known as Satanta; other forms are Satana and See-ti-toh. In boyhood he
was called _Gu´atoñ-biăn_, "Big-ribs," and since the death, in 1894, of
his son, who inherited the father's name, this last name only is used in
referring to him.
Set-t'ai´ñte-T'a`ka´-imai´mo-e´`paga´ni-de p'a--"river where
Set-t'ai´ñte brought the white women;" Satanta creek, alias North or
Kiowa creek, a northern tributary of Cimarron river in Comanche county,
Kansas; so called because Set-t'ai´ñte brought there some white women
and children captured in Texas about thirty years ago. Doha´sän died at
its junction with the Cimarron.
Se´t-t'an--"Little-bear;" a Kiowa warrior and author of the principal
calendar here published.
_Shĭ´shinu´wut-tsĭ´täni´u_ (Cheyenne)--the Comanche (see Kiowa
synonymy).
_Si´ăchĭ´nika_ (Comanche)--"Standing-head-feather;" a Comanche signer of
the treaty of 1867, where the name appears as "Cear-chi-neka."
SIMPOQUODLE--see _Se´npo-gu´ădal_.
Sindi--a mythic trickster and wonder-worker of the Kiowa.
Si´ndiyu´i--see _Koñtä´lyui_.
SIT-PAR-GA--see _Se´tpä´go_.
so´le--see _Yä´`pahe´_.
So´le p'a--"soldier creek;" Cache creek, near Fort Sill, on the
reservation. Sometimes called _Tso´`kada´hä So´le p'a_, "Medicine-bluff
Soldier creek."
somta--rubbing; _gyäso´nmo_, I whet; _deso´nmo_, I rub myself;
_dega´mo_, I anoint.
son--grass.
So´ndo´ta--Shoshoni; literally, "grass houses," from _son_ and _do´_,
said to refer to a former custom of weaving tipis or wikiups of rushes;
also called _So´soni_. TRIBAL SIGN: Index finger thrust forward with a
serpentine movement, followed by sign for "man;" commonly interpreted
"Snake people," but perhaps originally designed to indicate the manner
of weaving the rushes. Cf. _Gyai´`ko_.
So´npata--see _A´se´gya_.
Son-t'aiñ p'a--"white grass creek;" a branch of White river of Brazos
river, Texas.
So´soni--see _So´ndo´ta_.
Soto--Auguste Chouteau, the first trader regularly established in the
Kiowa country, about 1835.
t'a--(1) Ear; singular, _t'a_; dual, _t'ati_; plural, _t'agă_. (2)
Antelope; plural, _t'a´sedăl_. _T'äp_, the generic word for deer,
antelope, etc, is sometimes used specifically for antelope. Cf.
_kyai´`guan_ and _tañ´gia_.
tä--eye; dual, _täti_; plural, _tägă_.
t'[)ä]--first light (?) Cf. _ki´ătä_.
ta´-ä--the elm (_Ulmus americana_); literally, "saddle wood," from
_ta´gyä_ and _ä_, because used by the Indians to make saddle trees; also
called _ga´dal-ä_, "buffalo wood," because the buffalo liked to stand
under its shade.
_Tä´binä´năkă_, (Comanche)--"Hears- (or understands-) the-sun;" a noted
Comanche chief, who died in 1892. By the Kiowa he was called
_Pai´-ta´ya_, an exact rendering of his Comanche name.
T'a´-bo´dal--"Spoiled-ear;" the Kiowa call by this name an earless
Navaho killed by them in the winter of 1867-68. _Bodal_ seems to refer
to "cut off," distinct from _p'odalta_. Cf. _ka´bodal_.
ta´dal--lean (adjective).
tä´dăldă--hole.
Ta´dalk`i´a--"Lean-man;" agent P. B. Hunt, 1878--1885.
tä´dalkop--smallpox; literally, "hole sickness," from _tä´dăldă_ and
_kop_.
Tä´dalkop p'a--"smallpox creek;" Mule creek, a tributary of
Medicine-lodge creek, Oklahoma; so called because the Kiowa held there
the first sun dance after the smallpox epidemic of 1861-62.
_Tâ´guga´la_ (Jemez pueblo)--see _Tagu´i_.
Tagu´i--Apache, etc; the generic Kiowa name for all tribes of Athapascan
or Apache stock. In consequence of the death of a person of that name,
it was superseded for a time by _K`a-pä´top_, "Knife-whetters," but the
original name is now restored. The etymology is uncertain, but the word
is evidently connected with _Tâ´guga´la_ and _Ta´gukere´sh_, and perhaps
with _Tashĭn, Ga´ta`ka_ and _Tha´`ka-hinĕ´na_. Cf. _T'a`ka´-i_. The
Kiowa include under this generic term the _Ä´-tagu´i_ (Lipan),
_K`op-tagu´i_ (Jicarilla), _Ĕ´sikwita_ (Mescalero), _Do´-ko´nsenä´go_
(Chiricahua), _Ze´bä-gi´ăni_ (----), and _Se´mät_ (Kiowa Apache). TRIBAL
SIGN: Right index finger rubbed briskly up and down along left index
finger, as though whetting a knife. For other specific and generic names
applied to the Apache, see Kiowa Apache synonymy.
_Ta´gukere´sh_ (Pecos pueblo)--see _Tagu´i_.
T'a´gu´ñ-yä´daldä.--"antelope antlers hill," from _t'a, guñ_, and
_yä´daldä_; Antelope hills, on south side of South Canadian river, near
the western Oklahoma line, in E county.
T'a´guño´tal p'a--"moon when the antelope antlers drop off," from _t'a,
guñ, otal_, and _p'a_; a Kiowa moon or month, including portions of
August and September.
T'a´guñ´otal P'a Sän--"Little _T'a´guño´tal P'a_;" a Kiowa moon or
month, including portions of July and August.
ta´gya--saddle; in composition _ta_, as _ta´-ä_, "saddle wood," _Ta´
k`o´p_, "Saddle mountain."
Tägyä´ko--Northern Arapaho (Wyoming), "Wild-sage people," "Sagebrush
people," from _tä´gyĭ_ and _ko_ or _k`iägo_. Cf. _Ä´hyäto_ and
_Bo´tk`i´ägo_.
tä´gyĭ--wild sage, sagebrush (_Artemisia ludoviciana_).
taha´--erect, high, curved.
_Ta´ha_ (Apache)--an Apache chief and delegate to Washington in 1870,
still living.
ta´ho--refers to "leading confederates." Cf. _Gu´a´na-de-`ta´ho_.
-tai´de--chief, in composition, as _T'ene´-tai´de_, "Bird-chief;" it
comes from a root signifying above, top, on top of; _gyätai´de_, he is
above, i. e., he is chief.
tai´me--the great Sun-dance medicine of the Kiowa (see page 240). The
etymology is doubtful, but the same word signifies also "mosquito" and
"silent." _Ĭmtai´me_, you are silent; _tai´me`gŭ´_, talkative,
sociable.
tai´me-bi´ĭmkâ´i--"tai´me box;" the peculiarly shaped and decorated
rawhide box in which the _tai´me_ image is preserved.
Tai´mete´--"Taime-man;" a priest and keeper of the _tai´me_ from 1883
until his death in 1894.
t'aiñ--white.
T'aiñ do´ha´--"White bluff." (1) A bluff on upper South Canadian river,
near the New Mexico line. (2) (Same?); a bluff at or beyond the head of
_Pa p'a_ (_2_), about southeastern Colorado (see Winter 1840-41).
T'aiñ p'a--"White river." (1) An extreme upper northern tributary of
South Canadian river, one day's journey below the salt beds (at the New
Mexico line), and about halfway to _Gu´adal do´ha´_; perhaps Major
Long's creek, Texas panhandle (see Winter 1847-48). (2) Brazos river,
Texas, main stream; also White river, alias Catfish creek, near its
head.
T'ai´ñte--"White;" special agent E. E. White, 1887-88.
T'aiñ-yädaldä--"white hill;" a hill or hills near the head of White
river of the Brazos, Texas. _ Tä´ka Ho´norĭt_ (Comanche)--see _Ä´sese
p'a_.
Tä´-ka´gyä p'a--"eye-triumph creek;" a small branch of Apache creek, on
the reservation, near where now is Muchacho's house (see Winter
1879-80).
taka´-i--(1) buckskin; (2) a saddle blanket, of buffalo hide. Cf.
_T'a`ka´-i_.
Ta`ka´-i--see _Be´dalpa´go_. Cf. _taka´-i_.
Taka´-i-p'o´dal--"Spoiled-saddle-blanket;" a Kiowa signer of the treaty
of 1867, where the name appears as "Fish-e-more, or Stinking saddle;"
commonly abbreviated to _Taka´-ite_. The name "Fish-e-more," as given in
the treaty, is pronounced _Pĭ´semâ´i_ by the Kiowa, who say that it is
a foreign word, old, and with no meaning in Kiowa.
T'a`ka´-i-tai´de--"White-man-chief;" the Kiowa name of Tsa´yadi´tlti or
White-man, present head chief of the Apache.
Taka´-ite--see _Taka´-i-p'o´dal_.
TA-KA-TA-COUCHE--"Ta-ka-ta-couche, the Black Bird," a Kiowa signer of
the treaty of 1837, as the name appears in the treaty. The correct form
may be _T'ene´-koñ´kya_, q. v.
t'a´-ko´ñ--"black-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´ñ tseñ_, "black-eared horse" (see
Summers 1861 and 1867).
T´a´-ko´ñ--"Black-ear;" a noted race horse stolen by the Navaho in 1867
(see the preceding).
Ta´-k`op´--"saddle mountain," from, _ta´gyä_ and _k`op_; Saddle
mountain, near the head of Walnut creek, on the reservation.
tä`lä´--folded, bent double, shortened (applied only to feathers).
tä´lyi´--boy; plural, _tälyu´p_, or in some proper names _tälyu´i_.
Tälyi´-da´-i--see _´dalbea´hya_.
Ta´mĭsi--Thomas C. Battey, first teacher among the Kiowa, in 1873; now
living in Mosk, Ohio.
t'an--small, little; an archaic word used now only in proper names. The
common word is _sän_, q. v.
tän--(1) an edible turnip-like root; (2) a kind of headdress of upright
feathers, a crest of feathers; _ätä´ndo_, he has a headdress of upright
feathers.
TA-NE-CONGAIS--see _T'ene´-ko´ñkya_.
tañ´gia--deer, a ceremonial word, used only by old people; _tañgi´apa´_,
a buck deer; _tañgi´atsä´_, a doe. The common word is _kya´`guan_,
literally "jumper," or _t'äp_, q. v.
Tañgi´apa´--"Buck-deer;" a Kiowa warrior killed by the Mexicans in
1850-51.
Tä´n-gu´ădal--"Red-feather-head-dress," (or red _tän_ root?); a noted
Kiowa warrior killed in Texas in 1868-69. Cf. _Tä´n-ko´ñkya_.
t'añi--smooth; _t'añ´edă´_, it is smooth.
Tä´n-ko´ñkya--"Black-feathered-headdress;" a noted Kiowa war chief who
died in 1865-66. Cf. _Tä´n-gu´ădal_.
t'ä´ñpe-ä´--the skunkberry bush (_Rhus trilobata_); plural _t'äñpe´ko_;
_t'ä´ñpe-i´_, skunkberry. The seeds or berries are eaten raw, or beaten
up with sugar, and considered a dainty, although very bitter.
T'ä´ñpeä´ p'a--"skunkberry creek;" a southern tributary of the South
Canadian, about opposite Lathrop, in the panhandle of Texas. White-deer
creek (?).
T'äñpe´ko--"Skunkberry people," alias _Tse´ñ-´â´dalka´-i_, "Crazy
Horses;" the "War-club" band of Clark. One of the six Kiowa military
orders (see page 229).
T'a´ñ-yä´daldä--"smooth hill," from _t'añi_ and _yädaldä_; a hill or
mountain near Fort Clark, southern Texas.
T'a´ñ-yä´daldä p'a--"smooth-hill river;" Las Moras creek (?) of the Rio
Grande; described as at Fort Clark (see the preceding).
T'a´ñ-yä´daldä- yä´`pähe´gya--"smooth hill soldier place;" Fort Clark,
southern Texas (see the preceding).
t'äp--deer, antelope, etc, especially antelope. Cf. also _t'a_,
_kyai´`guan_, _tañgi´a_, _ko`ga´-i_.
_Tă´săwi_ (Comanche)--A Comanche signer of the treaty of 1867, where the
name appears as "To-sa-in, To-she-wi, or Silver Brooch."
T'a´-sep--see _Sä´k`ota_.
_Ta´shĭn_ (Comanche)--see _Tagu´i_ and Kiowa Apache synonymy.
Ta´-täthe´ñte--see _Pa´-ta´dal_.
t'a´-tse´ñ--wild horse; literally, "antelope horse."
_Tä´yăkwo´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´tă´--an antelope corral or driveway (see page 309). Cf.
_zo´tă´_.
T'a´-zo´tă´ p'a--"antelope corral creek;" Bear creek, between Cimarron
and Arkansas rivers, near the western line of Kansas.
-te, -ti--a personal suffix, usually masculine, in proper names.
T'e´bodal(-te)--"One-who-carries-a-pack-of-meat-from-the-buffalo's-lower-leg;"
the full form would be T'e´bodal-pä´te (cf. _Tso`k`o´dalte_), from
_t'epga_, _odal_, and _te_; the oldest man of the Kiowa tribe, now about
eighty years of age.
te´dal--white clay; used by the Indians for paint; another form is
_te´li_.
Te´dal toñ--"white-clay spring;" a water hole on the Staked plain, so
called from the white clay found there. There are two wells on the
Staked plain, known as Tierra Blanca or Ojo Blanco, one in Texas, the
other in New Mexico.
Te´guă(-go)--Pueblo; the name is a derivative from Tegua or Tewa and
includes all the Pueblo Indians; the Comanche form is _Tewa_. They were
formerly also called _Be´dalpahe´ñko_, "Beardless people" (cf.
_Be´dalpa´go_) and are sometimes designated as _Po´băro_, a Comanche
corruption of "Pueblo." SIGN: Hair grasped behind with the right hand,
to indicate the Pueblo style of bunching it.
Tehä´neko, Tehä´no--Texans, singular _Tehä´nek`i_, from the Spanish
_Tejano_. The Kiowa and associated tribes always regarded the Texans as
a distinct people from the _T'o-t'a`ka´-i_, or Americans, of Kansas and
the north.
TEH-TOOT-SAH--see _Doha´sän_.
te´li--see _te´dal_.
tem--bone; plural _toñ_.
ten--heart.
Te´n-ät'a´nte--"Little-heart," from _ten_, _t'an_, and _te_; a Kiowa
warrior killed by the Pawnee in 1851.
te´ñbe--see _ä´dalto´yi_.
Te´ñbe k`op, or Te´ñbei´a k`op--"Wild-sheep mountain," i. e.,
"Te´ñbeyu´i mountain," because the Te´ñbeyu´i, q. v., used to dance
there at a spring near the river; a mountain on the east side of North
fork, just below Elk creek, on the reservation; sometimes incorrectly
called _Gabo´dăli k`op_, "Sheep (or goat) mountain."
Te´ñbeyu´i--see _Ä´dalto´yui_.
t'ene´--bird; on account of a death a few years ago the word _gu´ăto_ is
now used instead.
T'ene´-ango´pte--"Kicking-bird," usually abbreviated to _Ango´pte_, from
_t'ene´_, _gyä´ango´p_, and _te_: (1) A Kiowa warrior about 1843. (2) A
noted chief who died in 1875; upon the treaty of 1867 his name appears
as Ton-a-en-ko, "Kicking Eagle."
T'ene´-badai´--"Bird-appearing;" a Kiowa warrior noted for his good
looks, killed by the Caddo in 1860.
T'ene´-ko´ñkya--"Black-bird;" a Kiowa signer of the treaty of 1837,
where the name appears as "Ta-ne-congais, the Sea Gull."