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Hidatsa|hɪˈdætsə|
[Native name hiratsa willow wood lodge (Dr. Sturtevant).]
A member of a group of N. American Indians; also, the language of this people. Also attrib.
1873W. Matthews Gram. & Dict. Lang. Hidatsa p. xvi, The origin of the word Hidatsa is obscure, yet it is the name by which these Indians now designate themselves... One of their villages on Knife River was named Hidatsa; and probably when they were reduced by smallpox the majority of survivors came from that village, which then lent its name to the whole Tribe... The name Hidatsa is said by some to mean ‘willows’. 1890J. G. Frazer Golden Bough II. iv. 339 Some of the Hidatsa Indians explain the phenomena of gradual death..by supposing that man has four souls. 1911― Ibid. (ed. 3) I. iii. 55 Similar practices are reported among the Illinois, the Mandano, and the Hidatsas of North America. 1964E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. v. 89 Languages..Arabic, Hidatsa. 1969Observer (Colour Suppl.) 18 May 22/2 A special development in the warrior societies was found among the Mandan, Hidatsa,..and Blackfoot, which had a hierarchy of societies. |