In the Epilogue of "The Way to Rainy Mountain", the Leonid meteors of 1833 represent D. The way the world was changing. The Leonid meteors are announcing something for the Kiowas, they show the relationship that the Kiowas have with nature. Nature and men are inextricably bonded, the landscape shapes their identity. This event is marked on the Kiowa calendar. The next year the Kiowas sign the first of the treaties with the United States. The falling stars of the meteors signal the fall of the previous order, and the beginning of the historical period .
