James Mooney

The Calendar History of Kiowa Indians (Illustrated Edition)


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       James Mooney

      The Calendar History of Kiowa Indians

      (Illustrated Edition)

      With Original Photos & Maps

      Published by

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      2018 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-4588-8

       Introduction

       Age of Aboriginal American Records

       Aboriginal American Calendars

       The Walam Olum of the Delawares

       The Dakota Calendars

       Other Tribal Records

       The Kiowa Calendars

       The Annual Calendars of Dohásän, Poläñ´yi-katón, Set-t'an, and Anko

       The Anko Monthly Calendar

       Comparative Importance of Events Recorded

       Method of Fixing Dates

       Scope of the Memoir

       Acknowledgments

       Sketch of the Kiowa Tribe

       Tribal Synonymy

       Tribal Sign

       Linguistic Affinity

       Tribal Names

       Genesis and Migration

       Early Alliance with the Crows

       The Associated Kiowa Apache

       The Historical Period

       Possession of the Black Hills

       The Extinct K'úato

       Intercourse with the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa

       Recollections of Other Northern Tribes

       Acquirement of Horses

       Intercourse and War with the Comanche

       Peace with the Comanche

       Confederation of the Two Tribes

       Neutral Attitude of New Mexicans

       Relations with other Southern Tribes

       First Official American Notices, 1805—1807

       Explanation of "Aliatan" and "Tetau"

       Unsuccessful Overtures of the Dakota

       Smallpox Epidemic of 1816

       The Kiowa in 1820

       The Osage Massacre and the Dragoon Expedition—1833—34

       The Treaty of 1837

       Catlin's Observations in 1834

       Traders Among the Kiowa

       First Visit to Fort Gibson

       Smallpox Epidemic of 1839—40—Peace with the Cheyenne and Arapaho

       Texan Santa Fé Expedition

       Cholera Epidemic of 1849

       Fort Atkinson Treaty in 1853

       Depredations in Mexico—Mexican Captives

       Defeat of Allied Tribes by Sauk and Fox, 1854

       Hostile Drift of the Kiowa

       Defiant Speech of Dohásän

       Smallpox