Next comes _Áségya_, spring. This is an archaic term which cannot be analyzed. It is sometimes called by the more modern name of _Són-páta_, "grass springing." It is considered to begin when the grass and buds sprout and the mares foal (about first of March), and is known to be near at hand when the breasts of the eagles begin to turn white and when the panther whelps are born. The old men say that one half of the month _Ka`gúăt P'a Sän_ belongs to _Saí-gya_ and the other half to _Áségya_. The third season is _Paígya_ or _Paíta_, abbreviated _Pai_, summer. The name seems to have a connection with the word for sun, _pai_. It begins after the grass has ceased sprouting (_sónpáta_) and is considered to continue until fires are needed in the tipis at night, i. e., from about June to September. During this season the fires are made outside the tipis, or, rather, outside the leafy arbors under which the people sit and sleep during the hot weather. Next comes the fourth and last season, _Paóngya_ or autumn. The term is archaic and seems to refer to the thickening of the fur (_pa_) of the buffalo and other animals as the cold weather approaches. It is sometimes called _Aídeñ-gyägúădal-ómgyä-i_, the time "when the leaves are red." The season is supposed to begin when the leaves change color and fires become comfortable in the tipis at night, that is, about the first of September. In addition to these recognized divisions the summers or warm weather periods, as distinguished from the winters, were usually counted by _k`ádós_ or sun dances, which were commonly held once a year, the time being fixed by the whitening of the down on the cottonwoods, about the beginning of June. The following table is a good approximation of the manner in which the Kiowa divide the year, beginning about October 1: SAÍGYA: WINTER Gákiñăt'o P'a, _last half_. Ä`gâ´nti. Tépgañ P'a. Gañhíña P'a. Ka`gúăt P'a Sän, _first half_. ÁSÉGYA: SPRING Ka`gúăt P'a Sän, _last half_. Ka`gúăt P'a. Aideñ P'a. Pai Ä`gâ´nti, _first half_. PAÍGYA: SUMMER Pai Ä`gâ´nti, _last half_. Pai Tépgañ P'a. Pai Gañhíña P'a. T'águñótal P'a Sän. T'águñótal P'a, _first half_. PAÓNGYA: AUTUMN T'águñótal P'a, _last half_. Gákiñăt'o P'a, _first half_. Autumn seems to be less definitely noted than the other seasons. KIOWA MOONS OR MONTHS