344 ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
Gros Ventres of the Prairie, Minnetarees of the Prairie, &c. They have also been con- 
founded with the Minnetarees of the Missouri, and one author says they speak the Crow 
language. I will now endeavor to correct some of the errors which authors have fallen 
into, in regard to these Indians. " 
The tribe under consideration call themselves Atsina, the meaning of which I could 
not ascertain. They now live in and about the valley of Milk River, in latitude 48°, 
longitude 108°, while the Minnetarees, or Gros Ventres de Missouri, as they are called 
by the Canadians, reside in a permanent village on the left bank of the Missouri River, 
near latitude 47°, longitude 102°. The latter speak a dialect of the Crow language, and 
know very little, if anything, in regard to the former, for they have never met, either in 
war or peace. 
Their numbers have been variously estimated by different authors. The Prince Neu- 
wied, in 1832 and ’3, made their number about 200 lodges, and 400 to 500 warriors. 
Gov. Stevens, in 1853, estimated them at 360 lodges, 900 warriors, and a total popula- 
tion of 2520. The last estimate is probably correct for the present time. In 1855, I took 
a careful census of 60 lodges of Atsinas, and found that there was an average of a fraction 
over five persons to a lodge. 
VOCABULARY OF THE ATSI/NA DIALECT OF THE ARA’POHO LANGUAGE. 
alive, life, na-tha’-ni-ta. 
all, ba’-hi. 
arm, nin’-is. 
arrow, uts. 
axe, a-nas’. 
bad, wun’-a-tha. 
bark, na’-si. 
beard, bi-a-thut’-i. 
bear, wa’-si. 
beaver, a’-bit. 
belly, wa-nut’-a. 
bird, ni-i’-ha. 
blood, ba-uts’. 
boat, tse’-e-wa. 
body, ni-tun’-i-ya. 
bone, mun-i’-ya. 
bow, ma-ta’. 
boy, a-na’-he. 
bread, kat’-san. 
brother (elder), ni-ti’-wa. 
younger, na-tha’-wa. 
buffalo, it-a’-nun. 
bull, a-ni’-ke-a. 
chief, ni-ke’-a. 
child, te’-a-na. 
corn, mis-ka’-ta. 
cow, bi. 
day, ba-a’-a. 
darkness, bi’-hi-ka. 
daughter, ni-ta’-na (my). 
dead, death, na-kik’. 
deer, ut-i-vi’-a-nin’-a. 
dog, a’-te. 
duck, ni-hi’-a. 
ear, ke’-ta, mo-no-tun’-i. 
earth, pi’-ton. 
egg, nau’-na. 
evening, i-to’-a. 
eye, ba-si’-the. 
face, it-a’-thi-wi’-a. 
father, ne’-ha. 
feet, i-thet’-ton. 
finger, ba-kit’. 
fire, sit’-a. 
fish, na-qua’-a. 
fox (red), ba’-thew. 
gray), no. 
forehead, wa-thaut’. 
friend, ba’-ni. 
girl, i-the’-e. 
go, ke-tats’. 
good, i’-ta. 
goose, ne’-i. 
grass, wa-se’-na. 
great, be-na-thi’-a. 
hair, mi’-ta. 
hand, ma-kit’-in. 
handsome, sin-i-sv’-ti. 
hare, nat/-sa. 
head, bi’-ta. 
