Gros Ventre

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• In another instance, Schilz has Fidler's Chesterfield House post suffering food shortages after the Gros Ventre attack of February 1802.

  Academic text (1994)

• The confusion continues when he describes Gros Ventre's attempts to reconcile with the Hudson's Bay Company traders following the attacks.

  Academic text (1994)

• The following June, some Gros Ventre attacked posts of both companies at South Branch House.

  Academic text (1994)

• Schilz's article seriously misrepresents the evidence concerning Gros Ventre and Blackfoot leaders.

  Academic text (1994)

• Schilz's source regarding Chesterfield House was probably Regina Flannery's study of the Gros Ventre.

  Academic text (1994)

• In that reference, Alexander Henry described him and seven other Gros Ventre as "troublesome in their demands for rum" during an October 1810 visit to Rocky Mountain House.

  Academic text (1994)

• Flesh Eater's band of Gros Ventres, as well as various Blackfeet bands, constantly pestered the traders for free brandy.

  Academic text (1994)

• 44 Fidler's party did fear a Gros Ventre attack before they embarked, but they left Chesterfield House with a considerable stock of pemmican.

  Academic text (1994)

• A-kas-kin, Red Deer, and Na-too-pe, the leading Gros Ventres peace chiefs, were equally concerned as Feather and Big Man about the cessation of trade, which further reduced their tribe's power.

  Academic text (1994)

• Historically, the Gros Ventre were known for their skilled horsemanship and were often observed hunting buffalo along the Missouri River.

Synonyms

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Hidatsa

vsGros Ventre

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A Native American person of a tribe who lived along the Missouri River in North Dakota

has identical meaning but uses a different tribal name

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