The Hidatsa weren't
wanders. They were hunters, trappers and farmers.
They stayed in mainly one place.
Their houses were round, earth lodges with log frames covered with sod
and thatch.
To find wood the women would cross
the Missouri river in Bull boats. Bull boats round vessels made of
basket work covered with buffalo hides.
In 1800 some Hidatsa warriors (also
called Minnetarees) came to a Shoshone village
to steal horses. Along with the horses they took some captives.
One of the captives were Sacagawea.
After about 5 years a man came to buy a wife. This man was Toussaint
Charbonneau. The woman he got was Sacagawea.
In 1806 the Discovery Corps came to
the Hidatsa village. The
Hidatsa's welcomed the Corps into the warmth of their lodges.
The Corps asked the Hidatsa's to come to meet the president. The
Hidatsa's refused. They were too involved in tribal wars and they
were too afraid to run into the Sioux on the way.
Sacagawea
Alana J. White
1997
p. 8, 9, 13, 22-24, 99, 100
