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The Gros Ventre or Big Bellies of the Prairie History
This history traces the Gros Ventres of the Prairie known as Atsina. It covers their origins as Algonquins, alliance with the Arapahoe, migration west, and shift to nomadism in buffalo country. It recounts clashes with Lewis and Clark, mislabeling as Blackfeet, the Pierre’s Hole battle of 1832, trade rivalries, and noted traits by Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assiniboines
Prairie
Falls
Arapahoes
Gros Ventres
Atsina
Missouri
Great Falls
Judith Basin
Upper
Mandans
Lewis
Montana
Lewis Company
Greg Ventres
Cros Ventres
Gros Entres
Blackfeet
Father DeSmet
St. Louis
Crow Country
Black Hills
Snake River
Colorado Mountains
Pierre’s Hole
Three Forks
Pierre's Hole
Rocky Mountain Fur Companies
South Pass
Platte
Sweetwater
Ashley
Gres Ventres
Snake
Green Rivers
Hudson Bay
Wyeth
Sublette
Bridger
Bonneville
Fitzpatrick
Chittenden
Vanderbaugh
American Fur Company
Vanderburgh
Peter Skene Ogden
Alexander Henry
Northwest Company
Old Fort Brule
Hudson Bay Company
Hudson Bay Fort On the South Branch
Saskatchewan
North West Company
Henry
Gros Ventre