It is the Kiowa Black Leggings; the more accurate translation would be Black Legs. They are one of the old Soldier Societies that was revived after WWII as a veterans organization, hence the modern military insignia. However, the other items are part of their “uniform” which is depicted in 19th Century ledger art. The red cape comes from an incident in which a society member rode through a line of Mexican soldiers and killed their commander who was wearing a red cape. They are also one of those societies that took a vow to stake themselves out to cover the retreat of others, hence the lances, but I can’t recall of any accounts of that actually happening. I suspect once we got horses that became rather obsolete. It was probably too easy to just ride by the guy who had pinned himself to the ground.
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