Title: Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))
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Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-96, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 129—444
CONTENTS |
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| Introduction | 141 | |
| Age of aboriginal American records | 141 | |
| Aboriginal American calendars | 141 | |
| The Walam Olum of the Delawares | 142 | |
| The Dakota calendars | 142 | |
| Other tribal records | 142 | |
| The Kiowa calendars | 143 | |
| The Annual calendars of Dohásän, Poläñ´yi-katón, Set-t'an, and Anko | 143 | |
| The Anko monthly calendar | 145 | |
| Comparative importance of events recorded | 145 | |
| Method of fixing dates | 146 | |
| Scope of the memoir | 147 | |
| Acknowledgments | 147 | |
| Sketch of the Kiowa tribe | 148 | |
| Tribal synonymy | 148 | |
| Tribal sign | 150 | |
| Linguistic affinity | 150 | |
| Tribal names | 152 | |
| Genesis and migration | 152 | |
| Early alliance with the Crows | 155 | |
| The associated Kiowa Apache | 156 | |
| The historical period | 156 | |
| Possession of the Black Hills | 156 | |
| The extinct K'úato | 157 | |
| Intercourse with the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa | 158 | |
| Recollections of other northern tribes | 160 | |
| Acquirement of horses | 160 | |
| Intercourse and war with the Comanche | 161 | |
| Peace with the Comanche | 162 | |
| Confederation of the two tribes | 164 | |
| Neutral attitude of New Mexicans | 165 | |
| Relations_with_other_southern_tribes | 165 | |
| First_official_American_notices_1805_1807 | 165 | |
| Explanation of "Aliatan" and "Tetau" | 167 | |
| Unsuccessful overtures of the_Dakota | 167 | |
| Smallpox epidemic of 1816 | 168 | |
| The Kiowa in 1820 | 168 | |
| The Osage massacre and the dragoon expedition, 1833—34 | 168 | |
| The treaty of 1837 | 169 | |
| Catlin's observations in 1834 | 171 | |
| Traders among the Kiowa | 171 | |
| First visit to Fort Gibson | 172 | |
| Smallpox epidemic of 1839—40—Peace with the Cheyenne and Arapaho | 172 | |
| Texan Santa Fé expedition | 172 | |
| Cholera epidemic of 1849 | 173 | |
| Fort Atkinson treaty in 1853 | 173 | |
| Depredations in Mexico—Mexican captives | 173 | |
| Defeat of allied tribes by Sauk and Fox, 1854 | 174 | |
| Hostile drift of the Kiowa | 175 | |
| Defiant speech of Dohásän | 175 | |
| Smallpox epidemic of 1861—62 | 176 | |
| Indian war on the plains, 1864 | 176 | |
| Vaccination among the plains tribes—Set-t'aiñte | 177 | |
| The little Arkansas treaty in 1865 | 178 | |
| Death of Dohásän | 180 | |
| Kiowa raids continued | 181 | |
| The treaty of Medicine Lodge, 1867, and its results | 181 | |
| Renewed hostilities | 186 | |
| Battle of the Washita—Removal to the reservation | 187 | |
| Further insolence of the Kiowa—Raids into Texas | 188 | |
| Intertribal peace council, 1872 | 190 | |
| Joint delegation to Washington, 1872 | 190 | |
| Thomas C. Battey, first teacher among the Kiowa, 1872 | 193 | |
| Report of Captain Alvord | 193 | |
| Release of Set-t'aiñte and Big-tree, 1873 | 195 | |
| Haworth's administration, 1873—78 | 197 | |
| First school established by Battey | 198 | |
| The outbreak of 1874—75 | 199 | |
| Causes of the dissension | 199 | |
| The Comanche medicine-man | 201 | |
| Apache and Arapaho friendliness | 202 | |
| Further defiance | 202 | |
| Battle of Adobe Walls | 203 | |
| Friendlies collected at Fort Sill | 203 | |
| Fight at Anadarko, the Wichita agency | 204 | |
| Set-t'aiñte | 206 | |
| Progress of the campaign | 210 | |
| Surrender of the Cheyenne | 212 | |
| Prisoners sent to Florida | 213 | |
| The Germaine family | 213 | |
| Surrender of the Comanche | 214 | |
| Proposition to deport hostile tribes | 214 | |
| Kicking-bird | 216 | |
| Changed conditions | 218 | |
| Epidemics of measles and fever in 1877—First houses built | 218 | |
| Agency removed to Anadarko—The last of the buffalo | 218 | |
| Threatened outbreak instigated by Dátekâñ | 219 | |
| Epidemic of 1882—Beginning of church work | 219 | |
| Leasing of grass lands | 219 | |
| Pá-iñgya, the medicine man and prophet | 220 | |
| Indian court established | 220 | |
| Intertribal council of 1888 | 221 | |
| Death of Sun-boy—The last sun dance | 221 | |
| Ghost dance inaugurated—Äpiatañ's journey in 1890 | 221 | |
| Enlistment of Indians as soldiers | 223 | |
| Measles epidemic of 1892—Grass lands leased | 223 | |
| Commission for allotment of lands—Protest against decision | 224 | |
| Present condition—Agents in charge of confederate tribes | 225 | |
| Summary of principal events | 226 | |
| Sociology of the Kiowa | 227 | |
| Absence of the clan system | 227 | |
| Local divisions | 227 | |
| Subtribes | 227 | |
| The camp circle | 228 | |
| Military organization—Yä`´pähe warriors | 229 | |
| Heraldic system | 230 | |
| Name system | 231 | |
| Marriage | 231 | |
| Tribal government | 233 | |
| Character | 233 | |
| Population | 235 | |
| Religion of the Kiowa | 237 | |
| Scope of their belief | 237 | |
| The sun | 237 | |
| Objects of religious veneration | 238 | |
| Tribal medicines of other Indians | 242 | |
| The sun dance | 242 | |
| The Nadíisha-dena or Kiowa Apache | 245 | |
| Tribal synonymy | 245 | |
| Tribal sign | 246 | |
| Origin and history | 246 | |
| First official American notice | 251 | |
| Treaties | 251 | |
| Delegation to Washington, 1872—Friendly disposition | 251 | |
| Progress toward civilization—Death of Pacer, 1875 | 252 | |
| Recent history and present condition | 252 | |
| Population | 253 | |
| The annual calendars, 1833—1892 | 254 | |
| 1832—33. | Money captured from American traders | 254 |
| 1833. | Massacre by the Osage and capture of the taíme—Pedestrian war parties—Beheading | 257 |
| 1833—34. | Meteoric display | 260 |
| 1834. | Dragoon expedition—First official intercourse—Trade established | 261 |
| 1834—35. | Bull-tail killed by Mexicans | 269 |
| 1835. | Cat-tail rush sun dance—Capture of Bóiñ-edal and Cynthia Parker | 270 |
| 1835—36. | Big-face or Wolf-hair killed in Mexico | 270 |
| 1836. | Wolf creek sun dance—Kiñep visit Crows—Battle with Cheyenne | 271 |
| 1836—37. | K`iñähíate killed in Mexico | 271 |
| 1837. | Cheyenne massacred on upper Red river | 271 |
| 1837—38. | Head-dragging winter | 272 |
| 1838. | Kiowa and allies defeat Cheyenne and Arapaho | 273 |
| 1838—39. | Battle with the Arapaho | 273 |
| 1839. | Peninsula sun dance | 274 |
| 1839—40. | Smallpox ravages the plains tribes | 274 |
| 1840. | Red-bluff sun dance—Peace with Cheyenne and Arapaho | 275 |
| 1840—41. | Hide-quiver war expedition—Expeditions against Mexico | 276 |
| 1841. | Pawnee massacred on the South Canadian | 276 |
| 1841—42. | Encounter with Texan Santa Fé expedition—´dalhabä´k`ia killed | 277 |
| 1842. | Repeated sun dance | 279 |
| 1842—43. | Crow-neck died | 280 |
| 1843. | Nest-building sun dance—Encounter with Texans | 280 |
| 1843—44. | Woman stabbed—Raid into Mexico—Trading post on South Canadian | 280 |
| 1844. | Dakota sun dance—Dakota visit Kiowa | 281 |
| 1844—45. | Great expedition against Mexico—Ä´tahá-ik`i killed | 282 |
| 1845. | Stone necklace sun dance | 283 |
| 1845—46. | Bent establishes trading post on South Canadian.—Allison's post on the Arkansas | 283 |
| 1846. | Págunhéñte initiated—The Ka´itséñk`ia | 283 |
| 1846—47. | Mustache-shooting winter—Fight with the Pawnee | 285 |
| 1847. | Fight with the Santa Fé traders; Red-sleeve killed | 286 |
| 1847—48. | Camp on upper South Canadian | 287 |
| 1848. | Kâ´itséñko initiated | 287 |
| 1848—49. | Antelope drive on the Arkansas; the ceremonies | 287 |
| 1849. | Cholera on the plains—Treaty negotiations postponed | 289 |
| 1849—50. | Fight with the Pawnee—The scalp dance | 290 |
| 1850. | Chinaberry sun dance on Beaver creek | 292 |
| 1850—51. | Tañgíapa killed in Mexico | 292 |
| 1851. | Dusty sun dance—Treachery of the Pawnee | 293 |
| 1851—52. | Woman elopes and is frozen—"Stealing" a woman | 294 |
| 1852. | Allied tribes defeated by Pawnee—Iron-shirt killed | 294 |
| 1852—53. | Race horse stolen by Pawnee boy | 295 |
| 1853. | Showery sun dance—Taíme sacrilege | 295 |
| 1853—54. | Raid into Mexico, Päñgyägíate killed | 296 |
| 1854. | Medicine-lodge creek sun dance—Confederated tribes defeated by Sauk and Fox | 297 |
| 1854—55. | Gyaí`koaóñte killed by the Älähó | 299 |
| 1855. | Sitting summer; horses worn out | 300 |
| 1855—56. | Big-head kills an Älähó—Raid into Mexico | 300 |
| 1856. | Prickly-pear sun dance | 301 |
| 1856—57. | Tipis seized by the Cheyenne | 301 |
| 1857. | Forked-stick-sprouting sun dance—Expeditions against El Paso and the Sauk—Story of the ä´poto | 301 |
| 1857—58. | Horses stolen by the Pawnee | 305 |
| 1858. | Timber-circle sun dance | 305 |
| 1858—59. | Gúi-k`áte killed by Mexicans—Expedition against the Ute | 306 |
| 1859. | Cedar-bluff sun dance | 306 |
| 1859—60. | Gíaká-ite abandoned to die | 307 |
| 1860. | Attacked by troops with Indian allies—Increasing hostility | 308 |
| 1860—61. | Crazy bluff winter—Revenge upon Caddo—Raid into Texas—The zótă´ or driveway | 309 |
| 1861. | Horse sacrificed at sun dance—Sacrilege against taíme—The lost war party | 310 |
| 1861—62. | Smallpox—Effect of gold discovery in Colorado | 311 |
| 1862. | Sun dance after the smallpox | 311 |
| 1862—63. | Expedition against Texas—The echo in the tree tops—The Gua-dagya or travel song | 312 |
| 1863. | Sun dance on No-arm's river | 313 |
| 1863—64. | Death of Big-head and Kills-with-a-gun—Anko calendar begins | 313 |
| 1864. | Ragweed sun dance—Kiowa stampede horses from Fort Larned; general war upon the plains | 313 |
| 1864—65. | Muddy travel winter—Kiowa repel Kit Carson | 314 |
| 1865. | Peninsula sun dance | 317 |
| 1865—66. | Death of Dohásän and Tä´nkóñkya—Smith's trading party | 318 |
| 1866. | German-silver sun dance—Whitacre the trader—Trade in silver with Mexicans | 318 |
| 1866—67. | Attack on Texas emigrants; Ä´pämâdalte killed—Andres Martinez captured | 319 |
| 1867. | Horses stolen by the Navaho—Kâitséñko initiated | 319 |
| 1867—68. | Medicine Lodge treaty—Expedition against the Navaho | 320 |
| 1868. | Sun dance on Medicine-lodge creek—Disastrous expedition against the Ute—The taíme captured | 322 |
| 1868—69. | Tän-gúădal killed; his medicine lance—Burial expedition | 325 |
| 1869. | War-bonnet sun dance—Expedition against the Ute | 326 |
| 1869—70. | Bugle stampede—The Cheyenne on the warpath | 326 |
| 1870. | Plant-growing sun dance | 327 |
| 1870—71. | Set-äñ´gya brings home his son's bones—Drunken fight—Negroes killed in Texas—Death of Ansó`te | 328 |
| 1871. | Koñpä´te killed—Arrest of Set-t'aiñte and other chiefs—Tragic death of Setäñgya—The Kâitséñko death song—Set-äñgya and Set-t'aiñte | 328 |
| 1871—72 | (1872—73). Peace with the Pawnee; removal to Indian Territory | 333 |
| 1872. | Bíako shot by whites in Kansas | 335 |
| 1872—73. | Visit of the Pueblos—Dohásän's tipi burned—Kiowa heraldic system | 336 |
| 1873. | Sun dance on Sweetwater creek—Guibadái's wife stolen | 336 |
| 1873—74. | Set-t'aiñte released—Lone-wolf's son killed | 337 |
| 1874. | Sun dance on North fork—Set-t´aiñte gives his medicine lance to Ä´`to-t'aiñ | 338 |
| 1874—75. | Fight at Anadarko—Gi-edal killed—Prisoners sent to Florida | 339 |
| 1875. | Sun dance at Love-making spring—Escorted by troops | 339 |
| 1875—76. | Sheep and goats issued to Indians—Stock losses by outbreak | 339 |
| 1876. | Sun dance on North fork—Sun-boy's horses stolen—Dóhéñ´te dies | 340 |
| 1876—77. | A`gábaí killed by her husband—Enlistment of scouts | 340 |
| 1877. | Sun dance on Salt fork of Red river—Ravages of measles | 341 |
| 1877—78. | Buffalo hunt—Fever epidemic—Houses built for chiefs | 342 |
| 1878. | Repeated sun dance—Buffalo hunt under soldier escort | 343 |
| 1878—79. | Hunting party attacked by Texans; Ä´`to-t'aiñ killed | 343 |
| 1879. | Horse-eating sun dance—Last of the buffalo—Boy shot | 344 |
| 1879—80. | "Eye-triumph winter"—Expedition against the Navaho—The talking owl | 345 |
| 1880. | No sun dance—Päbóte dies—Dead names tabooed | 346 |
| 1880—81. | Zoñtam's (?) house built—Last visit by the Pueblos | 346 |
| 1881. | Hot or hemorrhage sun dance—Instances of malformation | 347 |
| 1881—82. | The dó-á contest—The dó-á game—Dátekâñ's medicine tipi | 347 |
| 1882. | No sun dance because no buffalo—Stumbling-bear's daughter dies—Dátekâñ, the prophet | 349 |
| 1882—83. | Bót-édalte dies—Talk of grass leases | 350 |
| 1883. | Nez Percés visit Kiowa—The Nez Percé war—Taimete succeeds to the taíme | 351 |
| 1883—84. | House built by Gákiñăte—Children taken to Chilocco—Visited by Sioux | 352 |
| 1884. | No sun dance—Kiowa haul freight | 352 |
| 1884—85. | House building—Woman stolen | 353 |
| 1885. | Little Peninsula sun dance—First grass money | 353 |
| 1885—86. | T'ébodal's camp burned | 354 |
| 1886. | No sun dance—Anko a policeman—Grass payment | 354 |
| 1886—87. | Suicide of Peyi | 354 |
| 1887. | Buffalo bought for sun dance—Grass payment—Name changes | 355 |
| 1887—88. | Cattle received for grass leases | 355 |
| 1888. | Permission for sun dance refused—Excitement caused by the prophet Pá-iñgya | 356 |
| 1888—89. | Sun-boy dies—Anko splits rails | 357 |
| 1889. | No sun dance—Grass payment | 358 |
| 1889—90. | Grass payment—The Íâm dance | 358 |
| 1890. | Last attempt at sun dance; stopped by troops | 358 |
| 1890—91. | Ghost dance inaugurated; Ä´piatañ's mission—Schoolboys frozen | 359 |
| 1891. | P´ódaläñte killed—The Cheyenne visit the Kiowa | 361 |
| 1891—92. | P´ódaläñte killed—Enlistment of Indian soldiers | 362 |
| 1892. | Terrible ravages of measles—Large grass payment—Delegation to Washington—Appropriation for house building | 362 |
| Kiowa chronology | 365 | |
| Terms employed | 365 | |
| The seasons | 366 | |
| Kiowa moons or months | 367 | |
| Moons or months of other tribes | 369 | |
| The Anko monthly calendar: August, 1889-July, 1892 | 373 | |
| T´águñótal P´a Sän (August, 1889); no event | 373 | |
| T´águñótal P´a; no event | 373 | |
| Gákiñăt´o P´a; woman whipped | 373 | |
| Ä`gâ´nti; no event | 373 | |
| Tépgañ P´a; wagon stalled | 373 | |
| Gañhíña P´a (January? 1890); annuity issue | 374 | |
| Ka`gúăt P´a Sän; mares foal | 374 | |
| Ka`guăt P´a; split rails | 374 | |
| Aideñ P´a; horses lost | 374 | |
| Pai Ä`gâ´nti; visit Cheyenne | 374 | |
| Pai Tépgañ P´a; visit Cheyenne again—first ghost dance | 374 | |
| Pai Gañhíña P´a (July, 1890); sun dance stopped—grass payments | 375 | |
| T´águñótal P´a Sän; no event | 375 | |
| T´águñótal P´a; Äpiatañ goes to the messiah | 375 | |
| Gákiñăt´o P´a; Sitting-bull comes | 375 | |
| Ä`gâ´nti; no event | 375 | |
| Tépgañ P´a; boys frozen | 376 | |
| Gañhíña P´a (January? 1891); annuity issue | 376 | |
| Ka`gúăt P´a Sän (February, 1891); Ä´piatañ returns | 376 | |
| Ka`gúăt P´a; wire issue | 376 | |
| Aídeñ P´a; no event | 376 | |
| Pai Ägâ´nti (June, 1891); Caddo and Wichita agreement | 376 | |
| Pai Tépgañ P´a (July, 1891); Fourth of July races | 376 | |
| Pai Gañhíña P´a; Setk`opte's wife stolen | 377 | |
| T´águñótal P´a Sän; the Pueblo dance | 377 | |
| T´águñótal P´a; P´odalä´ñte killed | 377 | |
| Gákiñat´o P´a; made medicine—cut wood | 377 | |
| A`gâ´nti (November, 1892); lunar eclipse | 377 | |
| Tépgañ P´a; no event | 378 | |
| Gañhíña P´a (January? 1892); annuity issue | 378 | |
| Ka`gúăt P´a Sän; wire issue | 378 | |
| Ka`gúăt P´a: move camp—late frost | 378 | |
| Aídeñ P´a (April, 1892); emigrant to Cheyenne country | 378 | |
| Pai Ä`gâ´nti: Íatäkía dies—grass payment | 378 | |
| Pai Tépgañ P´a; measles epidemic—grass payment | 379 | |
| Pai Gañhíña P´a (July, 1892); Fourth of July races | 379 | |
| T´águñótal P´a Sän (August, 1892); visit of Cheyenne and Arapaho | 379 | |
| Military and trading posts, missions, etc | 381 | |
| The Kiowa language | 389 | |
| Characteristics | 389 | |
| Kiowa-English glossary | 391 | |
| English-Kiowa glossary | 430 | |
| Authorities cited | 440 | |
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| Plate LVII. | Range of the Kiowa and neighboring tribes (map) | 141 |
| LVIII. | Gui-pägo or Lone-wolf, principal chief, 1866—1874 | 189 |
| LIX. | Tseñ-t'aiñte or White-horse | 190 |
| LX. | Gui-k`áte or Sleeping-wolf (Wolf-lying-down) and wife | 192 |
| LXI. | Quanah Parker, principal chief of the Comanche | 202 |
| LXII. | Inside of Set-t'aiñte's shield | 208 |
| LXIII. | Outside of Set-t'aiñte's shield | 210 |
| LXIV. | Set-ĭmkía or Stumbling-bear (Pushing-bear) | 219 |
| LXV. | Paí-tälyí or Sun-boy | 221 |
| LXLXVI. | Andres Martinez ("Än´dali") | 236 |
| LXVII. | The Porcupine in the tree, and flight of the Sun-woman | 238 |
| LXVIII. | Peyote plant and button | 241 |
| LXIX. | The taíme | 242 |
| LXX. | Arapaho sun-dance lodge, 1893 | 244 |
| LXXI. | Pacer (Peso), former head-chief of the Kiowa Apache | 245 |
| LXXII. | Daha, a Kiowa Apache subchief | 246 |
| LXXIII. | Kiowa migration route | 249 |
| LXXIV. | Goñk`oñ or Apache John, a Kiowa Apache subchief | 251 |
| LXXV. | The Sét-t'an annual calendar | 254 |
| LXXVI. | Bóhon-kóñkya, "Quay-ham-kay," Gunpäñdâmä, and "Kotsatoah" (after Catlin) | 268 |
| LXXVII. | Sand mosaic of the Hopi Antelope priests | 296 |
| LXXVIII. | Lawrie Tatum, with group of rescued captives | 331 |
| LXXIX. | The Do-gíägyä-guat or tipi of battle pictures | 337 |
| LXXX. | The Anko calendar | 373 |
| LXXXI. | Anko | 374 |
| Figure 43. | Zépko-eétte or Big-bow | 151 |
| 44. | Dohásän or Little-bluff, principal chief, 1833—1866 | 175 |
| 45. | Set-t'aiñte (Satanta) or White-bear | 178 |
| 46. | Set-ängya (Satank) or Sitting-bear | 189 |
| 47. | Tseñ-t'aiñte or White-horse | 191 |
| 48. | Ä´do-eétte or Big-tree | 192 |
| 49. | "Ka-ati-wertz-ama-na—A brave man, not afraid of any Indian" | 195 |
| 50. | T'ené-angópte or Kicking-bird | 196 |
| 51. | Gui-pägo or Lone-wolf, present head-chief of the Kiowa | 200 |
| 52. | Ä´piatañ or Wooden-lance | 222 |
| 53. | H. L. Scott, Captain, Seventh, cavalry, U. S. A. | 224 |
| 54. | A group of Kiowa | 225 |
| 55. | The Kiowa camp circle | 229 |
| 56. | Mäñyí-tén or Woman-heart, a typical Kiowa | 232 |
| 57. | Gaápiatáñ (alias Haitsĭki) or Feathered-lance, a typical Kiowa | 234 |
| 58. | Gray-eagle, a Kiowa Apache subchief | 247 |
| 59. | Tsáyădítl-ti or White-man, present head-chief of the Kiowa Apache | 249 |
| 60. | Dävéko, "The-same-one," a Kiowa Apache subchief and medicine-man | 250 |
| 61. | Sét-t'án or Little-bear | 254 |
| 62. | Winter 1832—33—Money captured | 255 |
| 63. | Summer 1833—They cut off their heads | 258 |
| 64. | Winter 1833—34—The stars fell | 261 |
| 65. | The star shower of 1833 (from the Dakota calendars) | 261 |
| 66. | Summer 1834—Return of Gunpä´ñdamä´ | 261 |
| 67. | Meeting of the dragoons and the Comanche (after Catlin) | 264 |
| 68. | Kĭ´tskûkătû´k, the Wichita village on North fork in 1834 | 267 |
| 69. | Winter 1834—35—Bull-tail killed | 269 |
| 70. | Summer 1835—Cat-tail rush sun dance | 269 |
| 71. | Winter 1835—36—Big-face killed | 270 |
| 72. | Summer 1836—Wolf-river sun dance | 271 |
| 73. | Winter 1836—37—Ki´ñähíate killed | 271 |
| 74. | Summer 1837—Cheyenne massacred | 271 |
| 75. | Battle pictures (from the Dakota calendars) | 272 |
| 76. | Winter 1837—38—Head dragged | 273 |
| 77. | Summer 1838—Attacked by Cheyenne | 273 |
| 78. | Winter 1838—39—Battle with Arapaho | 274 |
| 79. | Summer 1839—Peninsula sun dance | 274 |
| 80. | Winter 1839—40—Smallpox | 274 |
| 81. | Smallpox (from the Dakota calendars) | 275 |
| 82. | Summer 1840—Red-bluff sun dance | 275 |
| 83. | Winter 1840—41—Hide-quiver war expedition | 276 |
| 84. | Summer 1841—Pawnee fight | 276 |
| 85. | Winter 1841—42—´dalhabä´k`ía killed | 277 |
| 86. | Summer 1842—Repeated sun dance | 279 |
| 87. | Winter 1842—43—Crow-neck died | 280 |
| 88. | Summer 1843—Nest-building sun dance | 280 |
| 89. | Winter 1843—44—Woman stabbed | 281 |
| 90. | Summer 1844—Dakota sun dance | 281 |
| 91. | Winter 1844—45—Ä´tahá-ik`í killed | 282 |
| 92. | Giving the war pipe (from the Dakota calendars) | 282 |
| 93. | Summer 1845—Stone-necklace sun dance | 283 |
| 94. | Winter 1845—46—Wrinkled-neck's trading post | 283 |
| 95. | Summer 1846—Hornless-bull initiated | 284 |
| 96. | Dog-soldier initiated (?) (from the Dakota calendars) | 285 |
| 97. | Winter 1846—47—Mustache shooting | 286 |
| 98. | Summer 1847—Red-sleeve killed | 286 |
| 99. | Winter 1847—48—Winter camp | 287 |
| 100. | Summer 1848—Initiation sun dance | 287 |
| 101. | Winter 1848—49—Antelope drive | 287 |
| 102. | Antelope drives (from the Dakota calendars) | 288 |
| 103. | Summer 1849—Cholera sun dance | 289 |
| 104. | Cholera (from the Dakota calendars) | 290 |
| 105. | Winter 1849—50—Dance over slain Pawnee | 292 |
| 106. | Summer 1850—Chinaberry sun dance | 292 |
| 107. | Winter 1850—51—Buck-deer killed | 293 |
| 108. | Summer 1851—Dusty sun dance; flag stolen | 293 |
| 109. | Winter 1851—52—Woman frozen | 294 |
| 110. | Summer 1852—Iron-shirt killed | 294 |
| 111. | Winter 1852—53—Gúădal-tséyu stolen | 295 |
| 112. | Summer 1853—Showery sun dance | 295 |
| 113. | Rain symbols (Chinese, Hopi, and Ojibwa) | 296 |
| 114. | Winter 1853—54—Pä´ñgyägíate killed | 296 |
| 115. | Summer 1854—Black-horse killed | 297 |
| 116. | Winter 1854—55—Gyai`koaóñte killed | 299 |
| 117. | Summer 1855—Sitting summer | 300 |
| 118. | Winter 1855—56—Big-head kills an Ä´lähó | 300 |
| 119. | Summer 1856—-Prickly-pear sun dance | 301 |
| 120. | Winter 1856—57—Tipis left | 301 |
| 121. | Summer 1857—Forked-stick-sprouting sun dance | 302 |
| 122. | Winter 1857—58—Horses stolen | 305 |
| 123. | Summer 1858—Timber-circle sun dance | 306 |
| 124. | Winter 1858—59—Gúi-k`ate killed | 306 |
| 125. | Summer 1859—Cedar-bluff sun dance | 306 |
| 126. | Winter 1859—60—Gíaká-ite died | 307 |
| 127. | Summer 1860—Bird-appearing killed | 308 |
| 128. | Winter 1860—61—Crazy-bluff winter | 309 |
| 129. | Summer 1861—Pinto left tied | 310 |
| 130. | Winter 1861—62—Smallpox | 311 |
| 131. | Summer 1862—Sun dance after smallpox | 311 |
| 132. | Winter 1862—63—Treetop winter | 312 |
| 133. | Summer 1863—No-arm's-river sun dance | 313 |
| 134. | Winter 1863—64—Big-head dies; Hâ´ñzephó`da dies | 313 |
| 135. | Summer 1864—Ragweed sun dance; soldier fight | 314 |
| 136. | Winter 1864—65—Ute fight | 315 |
| 137. | Summer 1865—Peninsula sun dance | 317 |
| 138. | Winter 1865—66—Tän-kóñkya died; Dohásän died | 318 |
| 139. | Summer 1866—German-silver sun dance | 319 |
| 140. | Winter 1866—67—Äpämâ´dalte killed | 319 |
| 141. | Summer 1867—Black-ear stolen; the Kâ´itséñko | 320 |
| 142. | Winter 1867—68—Medicine Lodge treaty; Navaho killed | 320 |
| 143. | Summer 1868—Ute fight | 322 |
| 144. | Winter 1868—69—Tängúadal killed | 325 |
| 145. | Summer 1869—War-bonnet sun dance | 326 |
| 146. | Winter 1869—70—Bugle scare | 326 |
| 147. | Summer 1870—Plant-growing sun dance; dusty sun dance | 327 |
| 148. | Winter 1870—71—Set-ängya's bones brought home; drunken fight; negroes killed | 327 |
| 149. | Summer 1871—Set-t'aiñte arrested; Kóñpäte killed | 328 |
| 150. | Set-taíñte in prison | 330 |
| 151. | Winter 1871—72 (1872—73)—Pawnee visit; camp on Long-tree creek | 333 |
| 152. | Summer 1872—Viejo shot | 335 |
| 153. | Winter 1872—73—Pueblo visit; battle tipi burned | 336 |
| 154. | Summer 1873—Pa-kóñkya's horses killed | 337 |
| 155. | Winter 1873—74—Set-t'aiñte returns; Lone-wolf's son killed | 337 |
| 156. | Summer 1874—The medicine lance; Bluff-end sun dance | 338 |
| 157. | Winter 1874—75—Gi-edal killed; Kiowa imprisoned | 339 |
| 158. | Summer 1875—Love-making spring sun dance | 339 |
| 159. | Winter 1875—76—Sheep and goats issued | 339 |
| 160. | Summer 1876—Horse-stealing sun dance | 340 |
| 161. | Winter 1876—77—A'gábaí killed; scouts enlisted | 341 |
| 162. | Summer 1877—Measles sun dance | 341 |
| 163. | Winter 1877—78—Camp at Signal mountain; hunt on Pecan creek | 342 |
| 164. | Summer 1878—Repeated sun dance | 343 |
| 165. | Winter 1878—79—Ä'to-t´áiñ killed | 343 |
| 166. | Summer 1879—Horse-eating sun dance; boy shot | 344 |
| 167. | Winter 1879—80—Eye-triumph winter | 345 |
| 168. | Summer 1880—No dance; Päbóte died | 346 |
| 169. | Winter 1880—81—House built; Pueblo visit | 347 |
| 170. | Summer 1881—Hemorrhage or hot sun dance | 347 |
| 171. | Winter 1831—82—Dó-á game; medicine tipi | 348 |
| 172. | Summer 1882—Buffalo medicine; Pä´tso`gáte died | 349 |
| 173. | Winter, 1882—83—Bot-édalte dies; grass leases; camp on Pecan creek | 350 |
| 174. | Summer 1883—Nez Percé sun dance | 351 |
| 175. | Winter 1883—84—House built; children taken; Sioux dances | 352 |
| 176. | Summer 1884—No sun dance; hauled freight | 352 |
| 177. | Winter 1884—85—Winter camp; Tón-ak`a's elopement | 353 |
| 178. | Summer 1885—Little Peninsula sun dance; grass payment | 353 |
| 179. | Winter 1885—86—Camp burned | 354 |
| 180. | Summer 1886—No sun dance; policemen; grass payment | 354 |
| 181. | Winter 1886—87—Peyi commits suicide | 354 |
| 182. | Summer 1887—No sun dance (?); grass payment | 355 |
| 183. | Winter 1887—88—Cattle payment | 355 |
| 184. | Summer 1888—Sun dance (?); Pá-iñgya's prophecy | 356 |
| 185. | Winter 1888—89—Winter camp; Sun-boy died; split rails | 358 |
| 186. | Summer 1889—No sun dance; grass payment | 358 |
| 187. | Winter 1889—90—Winter camp; grass payment; Íâm dance | 358 |
| 188. | Summer 1890—Unfinished sun dance | 359 |
| 189. | Winter 1890—91—Sitting-bull comes; Ä´piatañ; boys frozen | 359 |
| 190. | Summer 1891—P'ódalä´ñte killed; visit Cheyenne | 361 |
| 191. | Winter 1891—92—Soldiers enlisted; P'ódalä´ñte killed | 362 |
| 192. | Summer 1892—Measles; grass payment | 362 |
| 193. | T'águñótal P'a Sän | 373 |
| 194. | T'águñótal P'a | 373 |
| 195. | Gakíñat'o P'a—Woman-whipped | 373 |
| 196. | Ä`gâ´nti | 373 |
| 197. | Tépgañ P'a—Wagon stalled | 373 |
| 198. | Gañhíña P'a—Annuity issue | 374 |
| 199. | Ka`gúăt P'a Sän—Mares foal | 374 |
| 200. | Ka`gúăt P'a—Split rails | 374 |
| 201. | Aideñ P'a—Horses lost | 374 |
| 202. | Pai Ä`gâ´nti—Visit Cheyenne | 374 |
| 203. | Pai Tépgañ P'a—Ghost dance | 374 |
| 204. | Pai Gañhíña P'a—Sun dance stopped; grass payment | 375 |
| 205. | T'aguñótal P'a Sän | 375 |
| 206. | T'aguñótal P'a—Ä´piatañ | 375 |
| 207. | Gákiñăt´o P'a—Sitting-bull | 375 |
| 208. | Ä`gâ´nti | 375 |
| 209. | Tépgañ P'a—Schoolboys frozen | 376 |
| 210. | Gañhíña P'a—Annuity issue | 376 |
| 211. | Ka`gúăt P'a Sän—Ä´piatañ returns | 376 |
| 212. | Ka`gúăt P'a—Wire issue | 376 |
| 213. | Aideñ P'a | 376 |
| 214. | Pai Ä`gâ´nti—Treaty sale | 376 |
| 215. | Pai Tépgañ P'a—Races | 377 |
| 216. | Pai Gañhíña P'a—Woman stolen | 377 |
| 217. | T'aguñótal P'a Sän—Pueblo dance | 377 |
| 218. | T'aguñótal P'a—P'odalä´ñte killed | 377 |
| 219. | Gákíñat'o P'a—Made medicine; cut wood | 377 |
| 220. | Ä`gâ´nti—Lunar eclipse | 378 |
| 221. | Tépgañ P'a | 378 |
| 222. | Gañhíña P'a—Annuity issue | 378 |
| 223. | Ka`gúăt P'a Sän—Wire issue | 378 |
| 224. | Ka`gúăt P'a—Move camp | 378 |
| 225. | Áideñ P'a—Immigrants arrive | 378 |
| 226. | Pai Ä`gâ´nti—Íatäkía dies; grass payment | 378 |
| 227. | Pai Tépgañ P'a—Measles; grass payment | 379 |
| 228. | Pai Gañhíña P'a—Fourth of July races | 379 |
| 229. | T'águñótal P'a Sän—Cheyenne dance | 379 |