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upstream along the Missouri, the tributary regions to the west, and 

 the Mouse River and Devils Lake regions to the northeast. 



The Awatixa at this time, he stated, were agricultural and lived 

 much like the Mandan who placed great emphasis on agriculture. 

 They had lived at site 34 for a long time, at first with the Mandan 

 and Awaxawi living downstream to the Heart River and beyond, the 

 Crow to the west, and the other Hidatsa-River Crow group to the 

 northeast and upstream as nomads. The Awatixa were then the most 



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Old Awatixa Village 



SE % SECT. 33 TOWN. 145 RANGE 84 



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 I INCH TO 115.75 FEET 



Map 4. — Old Awatixa village at the mouth of the Knife River. (Courtesy North Dakota 



Historical Society.) 



