CALENDAR HISTORY OF THE KIOWA INDIANS BY JAMES MOONEY 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 Page 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 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