﻿THE 
  STONE 
  AND 
  BONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OP 
  THE 
  ARICKAREES. 
  29 
  

  

  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  fourth 
  band 
  above 
  named. 
  Gregg 
  was 
  the 
  

   first 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  the 
  affiliation 
  of 
  these 
  bands 
  with 
  the 
  Pawnees,* 
  

   which 
  Turner 
  afterwards 
  confirmed 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  voca- 
  

   bles 
  of 
  their 
  dialects, 
  f 
  Gregg 
  calls 
  the 
  Pawnees 
  the 
  " 
  Ishmaelites 
  

   of 
  the 
  Prairies," 
  whose 
  hands 
  are 
  against 
  every 
  man 
  and 
  every 
  

   man's 
  against 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Arickarees 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  known 
  remaining 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pawnee 
  stock, 
  except 
  those 
  previously 
  named. 
  Since 
  their 
  dis- 
  

   covery 
  they 
  have 
  resided 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Missouri, 
  far 
  removed 
  

   from 
  their 
  congeners, 
  and 
  have 
  lived 
  in 
  villages 
  with 
  houses 
  

   constructed 
  on 
  the 
  Mandan 
  model, 
  and 
  depending 
  chiefly 
  upon 
  

   agriculture 
  for 
  subsistence. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Lewis 
  and 
  Clarke's 
  

   visit 
  they 
  resided 
  below 
  the 
  Mandans. 
  " 
  The 
  three 
  villages/ 
  7 
  

   they 
  remark, 
  " 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  just 
  left 
  are 
  the 
  residence 
  of 
  

   a 
  nation 
  called 
  the 
  Rickaras. 
  They 
  were 
  originally 
  colonists 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pawnees, 
  who 
  established 
  themselves 
  on 
  the 
  Missouri, 
  be- 
  

   low 
  the 
  Cheyenne, 
  where 
  the 
  traders 
  still 
  remember 
  that 
  twenty 
  

   years 
  ago 
  they 
  occupied 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  villages. 
  From 
  that 
  

   situation 
  the 
  Rickaras 
  emigrated 
  to 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mandans, 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  alliance. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   nation 
  continued 
  near 
  the 
  Cheyenne 
  till 
  the 
  year 
  1797, 
  in 
  the 
  

   course 
  of 
  which, 
  distressed 
  by 
  their 
  wars 
  with 
  the 
  Sioux, 
  they 
  

   joined 
  their 
  countrymen 
  near 
  the 
  Mandans. 
  Soon 
  after 
  a 
  new 
  war 
  

   arose 
  with 
  the 
  Mandans, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  former 
  came 
  

   down 
  to 
  their 
  present 
  position."! 
  They 
  estimated 
  their 
  numbers 
  

   at 
  six 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  men, 
  which 
  would 
  give 
  their 
  total 
  number 
  

   at 
  three 
  thousand 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  souls. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   Catlin's 
  visit, 
  about 
  1834, 
  the 
  Arickarees 
  were 
  probably 
  near 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  Grand 
  river, 
  and, 
  if 
  so, 
  a 
  hundred 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  place 
  

   where 
  Lewis 
  and 
  Clarke 
  found 
  them. 
  He 
  merely 
  passed 
  by 
  their 
  

   village, 
  which 
  he 
  describes 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  "The 
  Rickaree 
  village 
  is 
  

   beautifully 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   miles 
  below 
  the 
  Mandans 
  7 
  , 
  and 
  built 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  man- 
  

   ner, 
  being 
  constituted 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  earth 
  covered 
  

   lodges, 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  part 
  surrounded 
  by 
  an 
  imperfect 
  and 
  open 
  

   barrier 
  of 
  piquets 
  set 
  firmly 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  feet 
  

   in 
  height. 
  The 
  village 
  is 
  built 
  upon 
  an 
  open 
  prairie, 
  and 
  the 
  

   gracefully 
  undulating 
  hills 
  that 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  distance 
  behind 
  it 
  are 
  

  

  * 
  Commerce 
  of 
  the 
  Prairies, 
  II, 
  251, 
  note. 
  

   f 
  Explorations 
  for 
  a 
  Railroad 
  Route, 
  etc., 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  III. 
  Report 
  on 
  Indian 
  Tribes, 
  

   p. 
  U, 
  X 
  Travels, 
  p. 
  76. 
  

  

  