Day before yesterday--_tópde kíädédal_, literally, before yesterday; day next before, understood. Journey--estimated by "darks," _koñ_, i. e., nights, instead of by "sleeps." Thus, if one asks how far away is a certain distant place, he is told that it is _pä´go koñ, yía koñ_, one dark, two darks, etc., i. e., that to reach it he must be one night, two nights, etc., on the road. They understand now how to measure short distances by the mile, _on_, literally, "a measure." Week--The Kiowa did not originally group the days into weeks, but have now learned to make such a period, counting by Sundays or by the biweekly ration issue. Thus Sunday is _Dakíădă_, literally, "medicine day," i. e., "sacred day." One week is _pä´go Dakíădă_; two weeks, _yía Dakíădă_, etc. Next week--_ki-gía Dakíădă_, literally, after Sunday; also, _koñtä´kia_, literally, middle of (issue) nights. One issue--_pä´go kóñakán_, literally, one end or series (_akán_) of darks or nights. The regular ration issue is made every two weeks, on Friday, and as this is the great gathering time of the Indians, when they meet their friends and talk over matters of mutual interest, it has become a red-letter day and a starting point, like our Sunday. Month or moon--_p'a_. The same word means river or stream, while _pa_, without the aspirate, signifies a buffalo bull. Year--The years are counted hy winters; one year, _pägo sai_, literally, one winter or cold season, from _saí-gia_, or _sai_, winter; plural, _säta_. Days of the week (modern)--Sunday, _Dakíădă_; Monday, _Dakía kyähíñ_; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, have no names, but are counted as two, three, four, or five days after Sunday; Saturday, _Dakía-sän_ literally, little Sunday. Christmas (modern)--_Píä-kíădă_, "eating day," or "feast day." Fourth of July (modern)--_Tsolaí_ (i. e., July, which they take to be the name of the day); _Tsä´nkia kíădă_, "race day," because on that occasion races are held by the Indians at the agency and at Fort Sill. THE SEASONS The Kiowa distinguished only four seasons, unlike some of the agricultural tribes of the east, who distinguished five, separating the autumn season into _early_, when the leaves change color, and _late_, when the leaves fall, but assigning entirely different names to each. The Kiowa begin the year with the beginning of winter as fixed by the first snowfall. This seems to have been the case also with the Pawnee and perhaps with other prairie tribes. To an agricultural people the renewal of vegetation would seem a more natural starting point. The first season is called _Saígya_ or _Säta_, abbreviated _Saí_, which is considered to begin on the first fall of snow. In western Oklahoma this is generally about the first or middle of December, although on one occasion, about ten years ago, this occurred as early as October. Cold weather and frost may come, but it is not called _Saígya_ until snow falls.