River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 29: Crow-Flies-High (32MZ1), A Historic Hidatsa Village In the Garrison Reservoir Area, North Dakota

Crow-Flies-High was a late 19th century Hidatsa Indian village located on the Missouri River near Newtown, North Dakota. In terms of archeology it was very recent in origin, almost modern. Yet by 1952 it was almost reduced to a legend. In that year there remained two cabin depressions and three cache pits. It had almost been obliterated after many years of plowing and cultivation during the present century. One small depression about 8 feet in diameter marked the location of a single earthlodge which had once served as the village "dance hall." The rest of its structures could not be identified. The original extent of the village, however, was indicated by numerous fragments of dishes, bottles, metal objects, pieces of leather, and broken animal bones scattered over the ground. Published information on the site is scarce and some of it is inaccurate. From such sources it can be determined that the site was primarily Hidatsa, that it was occupied sometime during the latter part of the last century, that it is near Newtown, North Dakota, and that it was named after a chief called Crow-Flies-High.