Indians were found within the fort, among them the one shot in the eye by Sublette.  The Blackfeet afterward reported that they had lost twenty-six warriors in this battle.  Thirty-two horses were likewise found killed; among them were some of those recently carried off from Sublette’s party, which showed that these were the very savages that had attacked him.  They proved to be an advance party of the main body of Blackfeet, which had been upon Sublette’s trail for some time.  Five white men and one half-breed were killed and several wounded.  Seven of the Nez Perces were also killed, and six wounded.  They had an old chief who was reputed to be invulnerable.  In the course of the action he was hit by a spent ball, and threw up blood; but his skin was unbroken.  His people were now fully convinced that he was proof against a rifle-shot.

A striking circumstance is related as having occurred the morning after the battle.  As some of the trappers and their Indian allies were approaching the fort, through the woods, they beheld an Indian woman, of noble form and features, leaning against a tree.  Their surprise at her lingering there alone, to fall into the hands of her enemies, was dispelled when they saw the corpse of a warrior at her feet.  Either she was so lost in her grief as not to perceive their approach, or a proud spirit kept her silent and motionless.  The Indians set up a yell on discovering her, and before the trappers could interfere, her mangled body fell upon the corpse which she had refused to abandon.  It is an instance of female devotion, even to the death, which is undoubtedly true.

After the battle the party of Milton Sublette, together with the free trappers, and Wyeth’s New England band, remained some days at the rendezvous to see if the main body of Blackfeet intended to make an attack.  Nothing of the kind occurred, so they once more put themselves in motion, and proceeded on their route toward the southwest.

Captain Sublette, having distributed his supplies, had intended to set off on his return to St. Louis, taking with him the peltries collected from the trappers and Indians.  His wound, however, obliged him to postpone his departure.  Several who were to have accompanied him became impatient at his delay.  Among these was a young Bostonian, Mr. Joseph More, one of the followers of Mr. Wyeth, who had seen enough of mountain life and savage warfare, and was eager to return to the abodes of civilization.  He and six others, among whom were a Mr. Foy of Mississippi, Mr. Alfred K. Stephens of St. Louis, and two grandsons of the celebrated Daniel Boone, set out together, in advance of Sublette’s party, thinking they would make their own way through the mountains.