. Bulletin. Ethnology. Riv. Bas. Sur. Pap. no. 29] CROW-FLIES-HIGH VILLAGE—MALOUF 149 <^Sond Sitting Baor Coyote Neckloc* Short Bull |-^ ,rv Two Crows . \^lOrlglnQlly owned by Long ToilJ I—iWotching Bear r—iBull Head I I Bod Brave and Enemy Oog No Arm O DRedFeother £2jPobtoil Bulls eye. Long Tail J^ng Beor OJ^ng Beor Cl7 ^eart (Crow-Flies-High) C? CjFost Dog 'D D' O °" DANCE HALL (Eorthlodge) n u' North 0" on Eyes VILLAGE OF CROW-FLIES-HIGH According to Adiai Stevenson Figure 24.—Village of Crow-Flies-High according to a Hidatsa occupant, and informant, Adlai Stevenson, or Bear-In
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Riv. Bas. Sur. Pap. no. 29] CROW-FLIES-HIGH VILLAGE—MALOUF 149 <^Sond Sitting Baor Coyote Neckloc* Short Bull |-^ ,rv Two Crows . \^lOrlglnQlly owned by Long ToilJ I—iWotching Bear r—iBull Head I I Bod Brave and Enemy Oog No Arm O DRedFeother £2jPobtoil Bulls eye. Long Tail J^ng Beor OJ^ng Beor Cl7 ^eart (Crow-Flies-High) C? CjFost Dog 'D D' O °" DANCE HALL (Eorthlodge) n u' North 0" on Eyes VILLAGE OF CROW-FLIES-HIGH According to Adiai Stevenson Figure 24.—Village of Crow-Flies-High according to a Hidatsa occupant, and informant, Adlai Stevenson, or Bear-In-The-Water. and here corn and meat were dried for winter use. Often people slept up there if the cabin was crowded with visitors. The earthlodge, or "dance hall" did not have a flat roof, nor did it have a covered doorway. According to Wilson's (1934, p. 364) classification it was a "simple type" structure.^ The doorway was flush with the side of the lodge without additional construction work to cover a passageway. Typically, a bull-boat frame was inverted and placed on the top of the lodge to regulate the flow of air and smoke from a large basin-type fire hearth in the center of the lodge. Everyone in the community united in its construction, and the as- signment of tasks was not made on the basis of clan or moiety mem- bership. It was said that the Grass Dance Society members super- vised. Specifically mentioned in the society were its officials, includ- ing drum owners, feather-tail owners who had special whips in their possession, and four men with drumsticks. Given a sheet of paper and a pencil, Adlai Stevenson (or Bear-In-The-Water) made a sketch of the earthlodge which is reproduced here with retouching for clarity. Gardens were located in Missouri Kiver bottomlands about 1 mile north of the village and in certain sections along both sides of Ante- « According to Wilson this type of earthlodge was relatively easy to make and by 1909 was the
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