Clark: March 10, 1805
On a cold, windy Sunday, the captains were visited by Black Moccasins, chief of the second Hidatsa village, and the chief of the Mahaha (Shoeman) village. Both stayed through the day, and the latter overnight, sharing accounts of his people. The small band, calling themselves Ahnahaway, once lived about 30 miles downstream but were driven by Assiniboine and Sioux attacks to settle near the Hidatsa at the mouth of the Knife River, where roughly 50 men remain. Clark also recorded how the Mandans were reduced from six villages by Sioux raids and smallpox.
10th of March Sunday 1805. a Cold winday Day. we are visited by the Black
mockersons, Chief of the 2d Manetarre Village and the Chief of the Shoeman
Village or Mah ha ha V. those Chiefs Stayed all day and the latter all
night and gave us many Strang accounts of his nation &c this Little
tribe or band of Menitaraies Call themselves Ah-nah-haway or people whose
village is on the hill. nation formerleyed lived about 30 miles below this
but beeing oppressed by the Asinniboins & Sous were Compelled to move
5 miles the Minitaries, where, the Assinniboins Killed the most of. them
those remaining built a village verry near to the Minitarries at the mouth
of Knife R where they now live and Can raise about 50 men, they are
intermixed with the Mandans & Minatariersthe Manclans formerly
lived in 6 large villages at and above the mouth of Chischeter or Heart
River five Villages on the West Side & two on the East one of those
Villages on the East Side of the Missouri & the larges was intirely
Cut off by the Sioux & the greater part of the others and the Small
Pox reduced the others.
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10th of March, Sunday, 1805. A cold, windy day. We were visited by Black Moccasins, Chief of the 2nd Minitaree Village, and the Chief of the Shoeman Village, or Mah-ha-ha Village. These chiefs stayed all day, and the latter stayed all night and gave us many strange accounts of his nation, etc.
This little tribe or band of Minitarees call themselves Ah-nah-haway, or people whose village is on the hill. The nation formerly lived about 30 miles below this, but being oppressed by the Assiniboines and Sioux, they were compelled to move 5 miles from the Minitarees, where the Assiniboines killed most of them. Those remaining built a village very near to the Minitarees at the mouth of Knife River, where they now live and can raise about 50 men. They are intermixed with the Mandans and Minitarees.
The Mandans formerly lived in 6 large villages at and above the mouth of Chischeter, or Heart River—five villages on the west side and two on the east. One of those villages on the east side of the Missouri, and the largest, was entirely cut off by the Sioux, along with the greater part of the others, and smallpox reduced the rest.
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