GROS VENTRES
\ɡɹˈə͡ʊz vˈɛntəz], \ɡɹˈəʊz vˈɛntəz], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_z v_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_z]\
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A name applied to two Indian tribes of different origin: the Gros Ventres of the Missouri and the Gros Ventres of the prairie. The latter tribe, after wandering east and joining various tribes temporarily, finally settled about 1824 near Milk River with the Black feet. Treaties were made with them in 1851, 1853 and 1865, and the Indians have since continued friendly. They have suffered considerably from hostilities with other tribes. They now occupy a reservation in Montana.
By John Franklin Jameson
