"This unlawful and wicked traffic is being carried on by a band of bad men mostly from Fort Benton and Sun River; and the Red river half-breeds have also lately commenced bringing it into the country in large quantities. There is hardly an Indian camp in that part of the country which is not now being reached by these whiskey traders; and a number of bloody fights among themselves while drunk are reported, and the white men and traders in their country who refuse to furnish them with whiskey are threatened with violence. This bad state of affairs has but recently been turning up among these Indians, and is believed to be entirely owing to the introduction of poisonous whiskey by bad men who not only rob them of all their means of support for their families, but are demoralizing the Indians to an alarming extent. I would advise that some authorized and proper person be ordered there at once and I am informed that Maj. Gen. Terry offers the necessary military assistance to enforce the intercourse laws and for protection."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.19
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