[Illustration: 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").
1889, October--Charles E. Adams (_Ädam_).
1891, December--George D. Day (_Imasä´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.
The principal events in the history of the Kiowa may be summarized as follows:
1700 (about)--Migration from the mountains to the Yellowstone region.
1732--Mentioned in Spanish document of New Mexico.
1770 (about)--Massacre of the K'úato and expulsion from the Black Hills.
1790 (about)--Peace and alliance with the Comanche.
1805--First American mention; Kiowa then on North Platte.
1833--Massacre by the Osage and capture of the _taíme_.
1834--Dragoon expedition and first official intercourse with United States.
1854--Defeat of plains tribes by the Sauk.
1867--Medicine Lodge treaty; Kiowa agree to go on reservation.