They were formerly known as Minitari or Gros Ventres of the Missouri, in distinction from the Gros Ventres of the plains, who belong to another stock.
"The Siouan Indians"
W. J. McGee
By noon we were clear of Gros Islet Bay, when we stretched over to Port Royal, but, finding none of the French ships there or at Saint Pierre, we stood after them in the direction they were supposed to have taken.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
Gros ventres is another of their designations; Minetari of the Prairie another.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham