Wit'anowi'yohe

Wit’anowi’yohe is a recorded name for the Tongue River, which rises in the Bighorn Mountains and flows northward across the plains to join the Yellowstone. Its valley runs through the country between the Powder and Bighorn rivers. Cottonwoods grow along the water amid the drier surrounding land, and the river collects tributaries descending from the mountains and neighboring uplands before reaching the Yellowstone.