COMMISSION FOR ALLOTMENT OF LANDS—PROTEST AGAINST DECISION
In the autumn of 1892 a commission, which had already concluded agreements with several other tribes, visited the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache to negotiate with them for the distribution of individual allotments and the sale of the remainder of their reservation. As the terms of the Medicine Lodge treaty, under which they hold their present reservation, do not expire until August 25, 1898, the Indians were opposed to any change in the existing conditions, but by bringing strong pressure to bear upon them, an agreement was finally reached by which the reservation was to be thrown open immediately upon the ratification of the contract by Congress. On learning the true nature of the instrument, the Indians denounced the interpreter and demanded that their names be stricken from the paper. This being refused, they repudiated in council the action of the chiefs who had signed, and elected other representatives to go to Washington to protest against the whole proceeding. The delegates chosen were Ä´piatañ, already mentioned, Apache John (Goñk'oñ, "Stays-in-tipi") and Piänä´vonĭt, "Big-looking-glass," for the Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche, respectively, with Captain Scott, U. S. A., and Andres Martinez (Ä´ndali), an influential Mexican captive among the Kiowa, as interpreter. The delegation arrived in March, 1894, and made such representation of the matter that no action was taken upon the agreement, and it is still unratified.
Fig. 54—A group of Kiowa.
PRESENT CONDITION—AGENTS IN CHARGE OF CONFEDERATE TRIBES
Realizing that a change is inevitable in the near future, the Indians are going to work, and with the aid of the money received for their grass lands invested in houses, cattle, and improved breed of horses, the opening of small farms, and the general educational work of the schools, there is a fair prospect that at the expiration of their present treaty in 1898 they will be able to meet the new conditions (see 52d Cong., 2d sess., Senate ex. doc. 17—Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache Agreement; 53d Cong., 2d sess., misc. doc. 102—Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache memorial).
Following are the names of the agents who have been in charge of the Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche since they were first brought upon the reservation in December, 1868. Of the earlier ones, Haworth (Senpo-gúadal, "Red-beard") is held in best remembrance:
- 1869—Laurie Tatum (Kiowa name, Dän-pá-iñgya-t'á-i, "Bald-head").
- 1873, April—J. N. Haworth (Sénpo-gúadal, "Red-beard").
- 1878, April—P. B. Hunt (Tádalk`ia, "Lean-man").
- 1885, September—J. Lee Hall (K`ódal-gúadal, "Red-neck").
- 1887, September—E. E. White, special agent (T'áiñte, "White").
- 1888, September—W. D. Myers (Maiz).
- 1889, October—Charles E. Adams (Ädam).
- 1891, December—George D. Day (Ĭmasä´nmot, "Grinning").
- 1893, June—Hugh G. Brown, captain Twelfth infantry.
- 1893, November—Maury Nichols, lieutenant Seventh infantry (Dogúatal-taíde, "Young Man Chief").
- 1894, October—W. H. Abell, special agent (Pá-ehémgó`te, "Lame-bull").
- 1894, November—Frank D. Baldwin, captain Fifth infantry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
The principal events in the history of the Kiowa may be summarized as follows: