Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))Mooney, James
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Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))
Mooney, James
Kiowa Indians; Kiowa language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
1894, October--W. H. Abell, special agent (_Pá-ehémgó`te_, "Lame-bull").
1894, November--Frank D. Baldwin, captain Fifth infantry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
The principal events in the history of the Kiowa may be summarized as
follows:
1700 (about)--Migration from the mountains to the Yellowstone region.
1732--Mentioned in Spanish document of New Mexico.
1770 (about)--Massacre of the K'úato and expulsion from the Black Hills.
1790 (about)--Peace and alliance with the Comanche.
1805--First American mention; Kiowa then on North Platte.
1833--Massacre by the Osage and capture of the _taíme_.
1834--Dragoon expedition and first official intercourse with United
States.
1837--First treaty, at Fort Gibson.
1839--Smallpox epidemic.
1849--Cholera epidemic.
1854--Defeat of plains tribes by the Sauk.
1864--General outbreak of plains tribes.
1866--Death of Dohásän.
1867--Medicine Lodge treaty; Kiowa agree to go on reservation.
1868--Battle of the Washita; Ute capture the _taíme_.
1869--Kiowa go upon present reservation.
1871--Setängya killed.
1872--First attempt to establish schools.
1874--Outbreak of Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa.
1879--Practical disappearance of the buffalo.
1881--Dátekâñ's prophecy.
1886--First money for grass paid to Kiowa and Apache.
1887--Pá-iñgya's prophecy.
1890--Last sun dance; beginning of the ghost dance in the tribe.
1892--Measles epidemic; unratified agreement of land sale.
SOCIOLOGY OF THE KIOWA
ABSENCE OF THE CLAN SYSTEM
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