Mitutanka
Mitutanka (Matootonah) was the lower Mandan village at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition.[1] At the time that Lewis and Clark visited the main chief was Sheheke[2]
. After a catastrophic smallpox epidemic, the Nuitadi Mandans of Good Boy moved north and later built Mitutanka at the confluence of the Knife River with the Missouri River.[3] Mitutanka was on the west Bank while the Ruptare town of Ruptare was on the east bank of the Missouri.[3]
References[]
- ^ "November 1, 1804 | Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition".
- ^ "November 1, 1804 | Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition".
- ^ a b Elizabeth Fenn: Encounters at the Heart of the World: a History of the Mandan People
Categories:
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Former Native American populated places in the United States
- Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation
- Native American history of North Dakota