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Like-a-Fishhook Village
Like-a-Fishhook Village was a Native American settlement next to Fort Berthold in North Dakota, United States, established by dissident bands of the Three Affiliated Tribes, the Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa. Formed in 1845, it was also eventually inhabited by non-Indian traders, and became important in the trade between Natives and non-Natives in the region.
The village was founded eight years after a disastrous epidemic of smallpox in 1837. The numbers of the dissident Mandan in the region had been reduced to approximately 125; the population of the Hidatsa was also affected, though not as severely. These Mandan and Hidatsa bands were later joined by the Arikara 18 years after the village was constructed.
The village, consisting of earthen lodges and log cabins, was abandoned in the mid-1880s. The site of Like-a-Fishhook Village was lost when the construction of Garrison Dam flooded the area to create Lake Sakakawea in 1954.
"Enemies gave our tribes much trouble after the smallpox year, my grandmother said. Bands of Sioux waylaid hunting parties...", said Buffalo Bird Woman (Hidatsa). Another concern for the Hidatsa and the Mandan was the dwindling amount of wood where they lived in Big Hidatsa at Knife River. The majority of the tribes agreed to build a new settlement in common some place up the Missouri.
A few Mandan stayed behind with the Arikara at the former Mandan head village Mitutanka. Some miles away existed a small Mandan village and the life went on here as usual until the early 1860s. A number of the Hidatsa ceased farming and joined the River Crow at the Yellowstone River.
The migration started in the spring of 1844, led by Hidatsa chief Four Bears and Missouri River, a Hidatsa medicine man. The people raised a camp on the north banks of the Missouri at a point called Like-a-Fishhook. The name was due to a peculiar bend of the river. The Hidatsa also knew the place as "Dancing Bear".
"Soon after they came to Like-a-Fishhook bend, the families ... began to clear fields, for gardens." The vegetable plots were located on the river bottomland nearby. The village founders prepared for building round, dome shaped earth lodges with an inner frame of wood during the autumn. They spent the cold season in winter camps. The heavy work of construction began the next year.
Four Bears marked the borders of the village. Missouri River walked over the area and sang songs connected to his sacred bundle. "I want to have the village here so that my people will increase and be safe", he told.
Like-a-Fishhook Village
Like-a-Fishhook Village was a Native American settlement next to Fort Berthold in North Dakota, United States, established by dissident bands of the Three Affiliated Tribes, the Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa. Formed in 1845, it was also eventually inhabited by non-Indian traders, and became important in the trade between Natives and non-Natives in the region.
The village was founded eight years after a disastrous epidemic of smallpox in 1837. The numbers of the dissident Mandan in the region had been reduced to approximately 125; the population of the Hidatsa was also affected, though not as severely. These Mandan and Hidatsa bands were later joined by the Arikara 18 years after the village was constructed.
The village, consisting of earthen lodges and log cabins, was abandoned in the mid-1880s. The site of Like-a-Fishhook Village was lost when the construction of Garrison Dam flooded the area to create Lake Sakakawea in 1954.
"Enemies gave our tribes much trouble after the smallpox year, my grandmother said. Bands of Sioux waylaid hunting parties...", said Buffalo Bird Woman (Hidatsa). Another concern for the Hidatsa and the Mandan was the dwindling amount of wood where they lived in Big Hidatsa at Knife River. The majority of the tribes agreed to build a new settlement in common some place up the Missouri.
A few Mandan stayed behind with the Arikara at the former Mandan head village Mitutanka. Some miles away existed a small Mandan village and the life went on here as usual until the early 1860s. A number of the Hidatsa ceased farming and joined the River Crow at the Yellowstone River.
The migration started in the spring of 1844, led by Hidatsa chief Four Bears and Missouri River, a Hidatsa medicine man. The people raised a camp on the north banks of the Missouri at a point called Like-a-Fishhook. The name was due to a peculiar bend of the river. The Hidatsa also knew the place as "Dancing Bear".
"Soon after they came to Like-a-Fishhook bend, the families ... began to clear fields, for gardens." The vegetable plots were located on the river bottomland nearby. The village founders prepared for building round, dome shaped earth lodges with an inner frame of wood during the autumn. They spent the cold season in winter camps. The heavy work of construction began the next year.
Four Bears marked the borders of the village. Missouri River walked over the area and sang songs connected to his sacred bundle. "I want to have the village here so that my people will increase and be safe", he told.
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