Post by Walt Cross on Sept 24, 2005 16:37:12 GMT -6
I am currently reading the book "Coyote Warrior One Man Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation" by Paul VanDevelder.
This is the story of three tribes, the Mandan, Arikara (who provided many scouts for Custer), and Hidatsu that made up the "Village Indians" so called because they were not nomadic. It was these tribes that saved the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the winter of 1804. The Hidatsu split over a disagreement and part of the tribe traveled west to settle on the Powder River. These people were called "Children of the Long Beaked Bird". Later the name was shortened, likely by Europeans, to the more commonly known name of "Crow".
Walt Cross
This is the story of three tribes, the Mandan, Arikara (who provided many scouts for Custer), and Hidatsu that made up the "Village Indians" so called because they were not nomadic. It was these tribes that saved the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the winter of 1804. The Hidatsu split over a disagreement and part of the tribe traveled west to settle on the Powder River. These people were called "Children of the Long Beaked Bird". Later the name was shortened, likely by Europeans, to the more commonly known name of "Crow".
Walt Cross
