{"id":17249,"date":"2016-10-12T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=17249"},"modified":"2024-03-29T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:19:07","slug":"1870-newspaper-report-3-arikara-indians-killed-by-sioux-war-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/1870-newspaper-report-3-arikara-indians-killed-by-sioux-war-party.html","title":{"rendered":"1870 Newspaper Report: 3 Arikara Indians Killed by Sioux War Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been doing research on Native American ancestry recently, including the Arikara Indians.<\/p>\n

The Wikipedia article on the Arikara<\/a> features this photograph, with the caption: \u201cA member of the medicine fraternity, wrapped in his sacred bear-skin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: Arikara man wearing a bearskin, 1908, by Edward S. Curtis. Source: Library of Congress\u2019s Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID cph.3c05497.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I found this 1870 newspaper article in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, describing an attack by the Sioux in which three Arikara were killed.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 15 January 1870, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking closely at this article, I found this detail.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 15 January 1870, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It says:<\/p>\n

The man killed by the Sioux was one of the best hunters in the tribe, and his death is a severe blow to many dependent upon him for meat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By 1870 there were very few Arikara left. According to one report, in 1871 there were only 1,650 members of the tribe remaining.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank.com \u2013 \u201cArikara\u201d \u2013 Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1 January 1906, page 84.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Wikipedia, the Arikara: \u201cToday\u2026 are enrolled with the\u00a0Mandan<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Hidatsa<\/a>\u00a0as the\u00a0federally recognized tribe<\/a>\u00a0known as the\u00a0Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

That same Wikipedia article confirmed that the Sioux routinely attacked the Arikara in a 19th Century version of ethnic cleansing. \u201cGroups of Sioux were the ones who gained most by the weakening of the Arikara. They attacked the vulnerable Arikara and increased \u2018the pace of Sioux expansion\u2019 west of the Missouri.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Arikara are the Native Americans that attacked Leonardo DiCaprio multiple times in the movie The Revenant<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Searching in another of GenealogyBank\u2019s collections, Historical Documents and Records<\/a>, I found this long article on the Arikara.<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank.com \u2013 \u201cArikara\u201d \u2013 Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1 January 1906, page 83.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank.com \u2013 \u201cArikara\u201d \u2013 Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1 January 1906, page 84.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank.com \u2013 \u201cArikara\u201d \u2013 Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1 January 1906, page 85.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank.com \u2013 \u201cArikara\u201d \u2013 Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1 January 1906, page 86.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GenealogyBank is a rich source of Native American history. It is your best source for learning more about your family and the day to day experiences of their lives. GenealogyBank\u2019s newspapers go back to 1690, chronicling day after day of America\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

GenealogyBank\u2019s more than 2 billion articles are America\u2019s newspaper repository of record.<\/p>\n

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