Later, Kiowa warriors, allied with the Comanche, raided the Osage and others.
His grandfather was the Kiowa warrior, White Horse.
The troop is away from the fort when Kenniston executes a Kiowa warrior, son of the chief Satank, as a "rebel and traitor".
He has him escorted back to the fort but Bradford's escort returns to report that the fort is under siege by hundreds of Kiowa warriors.
While the Spanish trader nervously tried to keep them separated, a Kiowa warrior volunteered to go with the Comanches and spend the summer.
Mr. Owen, the leader of the train, identified Satanta, a prominent Kiowa warrior, as having been among the raiders.
When the Kiowa warriors returned to the camp, all they found were the decapitated, mutilated bodies of the women, children and elderly that the Osage had killed.
A young Kiowa warrior was killed at the civilian camp near the army Fort, and the Kiowa massed to avenge his death.
He was also inducted into the Black Leggings Society, the traditional Kiowa warriors' society.
George Catlin painted Kiowa warriors with this hairstyle.