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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]