Montana; The Magazine of Western History, January 1st, 2002
Just south of the international boundary between Montana and Canada's North-West Territories, on November 7, 1881, Lieutenant Gustavus Doane and a detachment of the Second U.S. Cavalry arrested Chief Foremost Man (Nekaneet) and seven other Canadian Crees. After confiscating the Crees' guns, knives, and even some of their clothing, soldiers imprisoned the men for several days in a dark cell at Fort Assinniboine before finally releasing them at the border with a warning to stay in Canada or face severe punishment. In harsh November weather, the barefooted men struggled toward Chief Piapot's camp...
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