Winter 1857 — 58
The Kiowa camped this winter on Two-butte creek (Ä´zót P’a, “Driftwood creek”), a southern tributary of the Arkansas, below Bent’s Fort in Colorado. A band of Pawnee came on foot and stole six bunches of horses, including all those of T’ébodal and Set-ängya; among them were three spotted mules. The Kiowa pursued the thieves for three days and came in sight of them at sunset; they intended to strike them next morning and get the stock, but that night a snowstorm came on and stopped the pursuit; however, they killed one Pawnee who had been crippled by the cold. The figure above the winter mark represents the stolen horses.