WINTER 1847—48
Fig. 100—Summer 1848—Initiation sun dance.
They camped all winter on T'aiñ P'a, "White river," an extreme upper branch of the South Canadian (perhaps identical with Major Long's creek). The figure represents the winter camp with the brush windbreak around it.
Fig. 101—Winter 1848—Antelope Drive.
SUMMER 1848
Ópäñ K`ádó, "Kâ´itséñko initiation sun dance." This dance was held on Arkansas river near Bent's fort, in Colorado, and was distinguished by the initiation of several Kâ´itséñko (see summer [1846]). The figure represents an initiate with his (red) body paint and ópäm-yaípo.
WINTER 1848—49
The Kiowa were camped on Arkansas river near Bent's fort and made "antelope medicine" (ät'á´kagúa) for a great antelope drive. Compare the figures from the Dakota calendars of Mallery ([figure 102]).