. Bulletin. Ethnology. 140 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull, t used by Lance Shoulder," and " No. 2 was occupied by Four ; The list includes fifteen names. At the time the survey was iiiade the entire ditch could not be traced, but its oeneral course could be followed, thus indicating the approximate boundary of the town "beyond which only a few tepees are ; (Libby, (1), pp 498-499.) When it is realized how little is known regarding the arrangement of the many ancient villages which once stood in the country east of the Mississippi, viHages which in the
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 140 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull, t used by Lance Shoulder," and " No. 2 was occupied by Four ; The list includes fifteen names. At the time the survey was iiiade the entire ditch could not be traced, but its oeneral course could be followed, thus indicating the approximate boundary of the town "beyond which only a few tepees are ; (Libby, (1), pp 498-499.) When it is realized how little is known regarding the arrangement of the many ancient villages which once stood in the country east of the Mississippi, viHages which in their time were probably as large and important as those of the Mandan of the last century, it is not possible to overestimate the value of the work of the His-. THE fORT CLARK MANOAN VILLAGE. Fit;. 10.— I'liiii of the Maudan village at Fort Clark. torical Society in causing to be made an accurate surve}^ of the sites and in securing descriptions of the villages from some who remember them. A generation later this would not have been possible. HIDATSA GROUP. Two tribes are regarded as constituting this group: The Hidatsa proper, known to the earlier w^riters as the Minnetarees, and to others as the Gros Ventres of the Missouri; and the Crows. The Hidatsa and the Crows were, until a few generations ago, one people, but trouble developed and the latter moved farther up the JNIissouri to the Rocky Mountains, and there they were discovered by the early explorers of the region. The Amahami may have been a distinct tribe, and as such were recognized by Lewis and Clark, l)ut according to their own traditions they, together with the Hidatsa and Crows, once formed a single. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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