A'pämâ´dal(te)--"Struck-his-head-against-a-tree," a Mexican captive killed in Texas in the winter of 1866-67. From _äpâdeâ´dalgop_, "I strike my head against a tree;" _ä_, tree; _â'dal-_, head, in composition. äpäñtsep--they left him (it) tied; I tie him (uncommon), _gyäpä´ñi_; I leave him tied, _gyäpä´ñtsep_. a´`pata´--far up, far off; a word used in pointing out the top of a very tall tree, the end of a long rope or a sky depth; intended to convey the idea of going out of sight. A´päta´te--"Far-up," from _ä´`päta´_ and _te_; a Kiowa rendering of the name of the Cheyenne chief, Wo´ifdo´ĭsh, "Touch-the-clonds," killed by the Pawnee in 1852. He was also called K`a-t'ogyä, "Knife shirt," or Hâ´ñt'o´-gyäk`i´a,` "Iron-shirt-man" (Cheyenne, _Mä-ai´-tai´-ĭ´stsĭ-hĭ´nă´_) on account of a cuirass which he wore, probably taken from Mexico (see _k`a_, _t'ogyä_, _hâñgya_, _k`ïa_). Ä´pätdo´ p'a--Cimarron river, Oklahoma, "river of trees with low spreading branches," from _ä_, _pä´tdo´_, and _p'a_. Also sometimes called _Doha´te-hem-de p'a_, "river where Doha´sän died" (in 1866), from _Doha´te_, _hem_, _-de_, and _p'a_. ä´pätsä´t--tree tops, from _ä_ and _pätsä´t_. a´peñ.--otter. A´peñ-gu´ădal--"Red-otter;" a Kiowa warrior, brother of old Lone-wolf (see Winter 1873-74). From _a´peñ_ and _gu´ădal_. Ä´piatañ--"Wooden-lance;" a Kiowa delegate to the messiah, 1890, and to Washington, 1894; also spelled _Ah-pe-ah-tone_ (_Report, 113_). The name implies a lance without a metal blade, like Set-t'aiñte's famous _zebat_, from _ä_ and _piătañ´ga_. ä´poto--a branch or limb of a tree; a forked stick or rod; one of the large forked poles which support the roof of the medicine lodge; from _ä_ and _po´to´_ (see story, Summer 1857). ä´sâhe´--ragweed (_Ambrosia psilostachya_), literally "green plant," from _ä_ and _sâhe´_. It is used medicinally by the Kiowa for persons and horses, and on account of the resemblance to its bitter taste the name has been transferred to pickles, _äsâhe´_, whence also _ä´sâhe´toñ_, vinegar. ase´--a creek or small stream. The word is seldom heard, _p'a_ being generally used for all streams, large or small. a´se´gya--spring (the season), an archaic word which can not be analyzed (see page 366). It is also known as _so´npa´ta_, "grass sprouting," from _son_ and _gyäpa´ta_. ä´semtse--he was stolen. I steal, _gyäse´mdo_ or _gyäse´mk`o_; I steal a horse, cow, etc, _gyäse´mk`op_; they stole them (horses, etc), _eda´se´mk`op_; thief, _se´mät_, hence their name for the Kiowa Apache. Ä´sese p'a--Clear fork of Brazos river, Texas; literally, "wooden arrowpoint river," from _ä_, _se´se_, and _p'a_. The Comanche name, conveying the same meaning, is _Tä´`ka-ho´novĭt_. Cf. _Se´sep'a_. _Ätäbĭts_ (Comanche)--see _Ĕ´sikwita_. Ä´-tagu´i--the Lipan and the Mescalero Apache; "timber Apache," from _ä_, and _Tagu´i_. It seems to refer more particularly to the Lipan, the Mescalero usually being called by their Comanche name of _Ĕ´sikwita_.