Visiting Nez Percés and a Crow reservation…
1873 CE
Crow chief Blackfoot objects to this incursion and calls for resolute U.S. military actions against the trespassers.
Due to Sioux attacks on both civilians and soldiers north of the Yellowstone in newly established U.S. territory (Battle of Pease Bottom, Battle of Honsinger Bluff), the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advocates the use of troops to force the Sioux back to South Dakota in his 1873 report.
No action is taken.