"In 1869 Army Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Lt. Colonel Sully reported, "I intend to do all I can to arrest some of the citizens, who about ten days ago, committed the cowardly murder of a harmless old man and a boy about fourteen years old at Fort Benton. They were Piegans (a part of the Blackfeet Tribe). These Indians were shot in broad daylight in the streets of the town. I think I can arrest the murderers, but I doubt very much if I can convict them in any court. Nothing can be done to insure the peace and order till there is a military force here strong enough to clear out the roughs and whiskey sellers in the country; but I will do all I can, with the limited means in my power to prevent a war or any serious difficulties between the whites and Indians."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.14
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