1. _Gákiñăt'o P'a_--"Ten-colds moon." It is so called because the first ten days of it are cold, a premonition of winter, after which it grows warm for a time; this moon is about equivalent to late September and early October. It is the first and last moon of the Kiowa year, the old year and the summer being considered to end with the full moon of this period, after which the winter and the new year begin; by the time this moon ends the leaves are off the trees; in talking with Anko on September 23 (1895) he said: "This is _Gákiñăt'o P'a_, but it is still summer. After the moon is full and again begins to wane, then winter has begun, and we are in the _winter half_ of _Gákiñat'o P'a_." Snow sometimes comes in this moon. 2. _[.A] gâ´nti or Ä`ga´ntsänha_ (does not take _p'a_), from _ä`gâ´ntsän_--"wait until I come," or "I am coming soon." According to Kiowa folklore, this moon says to his predecessor, "You went, but did nothing. _Hítugŭ´ ä`gâ´ntsän_--wait, and I'll go, and I'll show what I can do in the way of storms and cold weather." This moon includes parts of October and November. A tally date is the lunar eclipse of November 4, 1892, which is noted on the Anko calendar as occurring in this moon. Some authorities speak of it also as _sä-kop p'a_, "midwinter moon," i. e., midway between two consecutive sun dances, which would seem to bring it nearer to December. 3. _Tépgañ P'a_, "Geese-going moon," so called because the geese now begin to pass overhead on their migration southward; it may bo considered to include parts of November and December, and is sometimes called _Bonpä P'a_, "sweathouse moon," for some unexplained reason. (See number 9, _Pai Tépgañ P'a_.) 4. _Gañhíña P'a_, "Real-goose moon," so called because in this moon the great southward migration of wild geese occurs; it may be considered to comprise parts of December and January, although some put it later, as one old man talking on the subject on January 25, said: "We are now in the beginning of _Gañhíña P'a_." 5. _Ka`gúăt P'a Sän_, "Little-bud moon." This may be considered to include late January and early February; in this moon the first buds come out, especially those of the elm, called by the Kiowa _tá-ä_, or _gádal-ä_, "saddle-wood," or "buffalo-wood." The first part of this moon is regarded as belonging to winter (_saígya_), the latter part to spring (_áségya_). Anko says that the mares foal in this moon and that the white men (in Oklahoma) usually begin to plow. A tally date from his calendar makes a February event occur in this moon. 6. _Ka`gúăt P'a_, "Bud moon." It is sometimes distinguished from the preceding by adding _edal_, "great;" the buds are all out and it is now full (_áségya_), spring; it is considered to include parts of February and March.