The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-04-22

1t was on Arrow Greek, near
where white men today, more than
a century later, are drilling for oil,
that the Piegans were attacked by a
large war party of Crows, and a
fierce battle followed. Lone Walker
attacked the head Crow chief, and
after a desperate hand-to-hand en-
counter, killed him. The Piegans
lost Al men, 80 women and girls and
nine children. The Crows lost 81
warriors. Later seven more Piegans
died.
Monroe and his Piegan compan-
ions pushed ahead to the Judith river
and then on to the Moccasin noun
tains, camping on Armells creek,
called by the Piegans, "It Crushed
Them" Here Monroe was formally
made a member of the Piegan band
of Blackfeet and taken into one of
its secret societies, the Braves"
which had the task of carrying out
the laws of the tribe. He was then
given the name of Rising Wolf,
which he carried for 81 years to his
grave.
On Armells creek the Piegans
were Joined by the Bloods, another
band of the great Blackfeet confed-
Grafton, 5000 strong, who had been
camped in the Bearpaw mountains
and had been sent for after the fight
with the Crows. The two bands held
a war council and decided to follow
up the big camp of Crows and at
tack it. The next camp lay between
the Moccasins and the Snowies.
Scouts came in and reported that the
Crows were in camp on the Mussel-
shell river. A forced march was
made on the Crow camp, but the
enemy had been warned and had fled
leaving much of their heavier valu-
ables behind.
The Piegans and Bloods then de-
cided not to go further after the
Crows in force, but to send out raid
ing parties to steal their horses, and
this was done. Lone Walkers band
then went to Warm Springs creek,
the present site of L~ewistown,
where they spent the winter. Mon
roe said this was the best game coun-
try he ever saw.
The Piegans began their real work
for the winter-that of getting bea-
yer pelts, and before spring had an
cdIcn.
Peace With Crows
1t was here that Monroe persuaded
the Piegans to send a party to make
an offer of peace with the Crows,
and this being successful, both tribes
began to make preparations for the
long journey back to Mountain Fort.
The Missouri river was crossed at a
place later named by the whites
Cow Island" and the Marias was
followed up to it's head, after which
they crossed to st. Mary's Lake and
north to Mountain Fort, where
there was much rejoicing by the
white traders because the Piegans
and Crows were back with great
packs of beaver pelts to trade.
Monroe continued with the Hud-
Bay Company for some years and
later became a trader for the Ameri-
Fur Company.
During the last years of his life
he lived much with his grandson,
William Jackson, who was n of
Clusters scouts, who was cut off
Reno's command and who es-
capped through the Sioux lines and
saved the lives of three white COM
by fitting himself and them
out with Sioux ~moccasins, leggings
blankets stripped from the dead
Sioux warriors during the night after
Clusters command was wiped out.
Jackson died in 1899, three years
after his grandfather.
Monroe was slender of figure and
lot tall, blue-eyed and brown-haired
his youth. He had great vitality
Until his last years, and up to the
yery end he went about with his be-
owed flint-lock rifle, trapping beaver
ind occasionally killing game. His
grave lies in sight of that great, sky
height of red rock on the
forth side of the Two Medicine Lake
,alled Rising Wolf Mountain.