The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.15

"Governor Meagher's Black-Feet Extermination Campaign 
Montana Territory Governor/General of the Montana Militia Thomas Francis Meagher Issued A PROCLAMATION CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: 
"Whereas, it has been represented to me, by reliable persons, one of them; Acting Indian Agent for the Black-Feet nation, that the Piegans and Blood tribes of that nation have recently been, and still are committing grievous depredations, in the neighborhood of Fort Benton, on the property of whitesettlers resident at that place; And Whereas, it has been alleged on the same authority, that murders have been perpetrated in the vicinity of that place, as also in other localities, by the said Piegans and Bloods, and facts as well as fair and lawful inferences sustain these allegations; And Whereas, it appears that the people living in and about Fort Benton are in grave apprehension of their property and lives, and that they are barely strong enough in numbers to defend themselves from anticipated attacks from these enemies of our government and civilization; And Whereas, no military force being as yet dispatched to this Territory by the National Government to protect the people to whom the Territory owes its existence and great promise: Therefore, I, Thomas Francis Meagher, Acting Governor of the Territory of Montana, do hereby call for at least 500 volunteers to meet me and form an expedition at Helena, which shall march against these marauders and murderers, so that the guilty parties shall be demanded of the tribes and put to death."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.15