Riv. Bas. SUR. — CROW-FLIES-HIGH VILLAGE—MALOUF 151 
Hidatsa ceremonialism, at the time of the exile of Crow-Flies-High, 
was being impeded by Indian agents and missionaries. These officials 
particularly loathed some of its more tortuous aspects. Ceremonial- 
ism among the exiles was further disrupted when the band scattered 
along the banks of the Missouri River. Although there was an earth- 
lodge “dance hall” at Crow-Flies-High Village, there were no special 
features or fixtures inside that distinguished it as a ceremonial center. 
War dances and a few other affairs were sometimes held in it, but the 
use of such fixtures as cedar trees and buffalo skulls was denied by in- 
formants. Two headmen acted as leaders during most of the dances, 
but no details could be obtained on their societal connections. The 
headmen, it was said, remained in the center of the lodge and man- 
aged the activities connected with the dances. An assistant was desig- 
nated as announcer. 
Few medicine bundles were owned by members of the band. Fast 
Talks’ mother had a private medicine bundle. She was Mrs. Shooting 
Wood, the wife of a Sioux or Dakota man who was buried on the 
bluff top about a mile south of the village. After her husband’s 
death she married Chief Crow-Flies-High under a sororal arrange- 
ment. 
At least two other men in the village were polygynous. Besides 
Crow-Flies-High, Black Hawk had two wives. The first one, named 
Mink, lived with her husband in a cabin on the plaza. The second 
one lived in a nearby cabin and her name was Different Cherries. 
Her cabin may have been one of those excavated in 1952. 
At one time Bad Brave and Enemy Dog lived together with their 
wives in a single log cabin. Mrs. Enemy Dog, incidentally, was still 
living in 1952 at Sully’s Lake, on the Fort Berthold Reservation. 
The turnover of residents in the village was fairly constant. It is 
known that Black Chest left the community and that Coyote Neck- 
lace repaired the empty cabin and moved in. Two Crows moved into 
the cabin vacated by Coyote Necklace. 
From informants a partial list of nearly 100 names of exiles has 
been compiled. It includes most of those people who were at one 
time or another members of Crow-Flies-High’s band. In most cases 
their clan affiliation was also determined. The original purpose of 
this research was to determine if there was a correlation between clan 
and moiety membership and cabin location at Crow-Flies High Vil- 
lage. The correlation proved to be negative, but the list is repro- 
duced in appendix A for its sociological value. 
The main function of the clan was to establish a rule of exogamy. 
There are some suggestions that chieftanships had a tendency to fol- 
low along clan lines, but military prowess was regarded as of greater 
8This is the grave which was looted by an amateur collector, the local barber in old 
Sanish, N. Dak. 
