Grammar and dictionary of the language of the Hidatsa : (Minnetarees, Grosventres of the Missouri) : with an introductory sketch of the tribe / by Washington Matthews.

  • Washington Matthews
Date:
1873-1874
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Credit: Grammar and dictionary of the language of the Hidatsa : (Minnetarees, Grosventres of the Missouri) : with an introductory sketch of the tribe / by Washington Matthews. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    d. da lipi tsa tu a du a ma kis [na-], fr. dalipitsi, atu, adu and amaki; Place Where the Bear's Head Sits; a high hill ris*- ing from the plateau, south-east of Fort Buford and north of the Little Missouri. da kpi tsi a du a ma kis, fr. dalipitsi, adu and amaki; Place Where the Bear Sits ; the termination of a mountainous ridge, immedi- ately opposite the mouth of Milk river, Montana. da lipi tsi a zis; Bear River; Milk river, Montana^ da’ ta a zi [-zis],/n da’ta and azi; Heart River; the Heart river which enters the Missouri from the west, above Fort Rice. de zi a zi [neziazis], fr. dezi «?^^?azi; Tongue River ; the Tongue river, a branch of the Yellowstone. do ki da lii ta pa his [no-], fr. dokidahi, ita and pahi; Singing of the Ghosts, or Where the Ghosts Sing ; a high pinnacle of red rocks about mid-way between the Littlo Missouri, and Yellowstone rivers near the point of greatest proximity of the two streams* h. ha ha tu a a du ta hes, ft. village of this tribe when they dwelt hahatua, Chippeway, adu, and tahe; on Knife river. Where the Ghippeway Was Killed ; hi da tsa ti, fr. hidatsa and ati; a locality near the foot of the upper Bwelling of the Hidatsa Indians; Great Bend of the Missouri. the present village of the tribe at hi da tsa, formerly the principal Fort Berthold* i hie ti a a du ta hes, Where Big Forehead Was Killed; the To- bacco Garden bottom, at the mouth of Tobacco Ghrden creek. i te ma tse e tsis, fr. ite and matseetsi; Face of the Chief; the Black Hills of Dakota.