The specific people involved may have been Piegan Blackfoot, one of the three nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy.

A group of Blackfoot warriors approached, apparently expecting to either trade or intimidate, and the situation deteriorated.

When the confrontation came, no male Crow warrior stepped forward to meet it.

Woman Chief did.

She rode out to face the raiders alone.

What followed was not a diplomatic exchange.

She killed one of the attackers with her rifle.

She wounded others with arrows.