The savages were greatly elated with their victories, and it was deemed essential that they should be so thoroughly chastised, that they would no longer molest those who were hunting and trapping within those wild solitudes.

The whole party of trappers struck the trail which led to the Indian encampment, and cautiously followed it, until they were within ten or fifteen miles of their foes.
The company, numbering a hundred men, with one or two hundred horses and mules, presented a very imposing cavalcade.

A council of war was held, and Kit Carson, with five picked men was sent forward to reconnoitre the position of the village, and to decide upon the best points of attack.

The rest of the company retired to some little distance from the trail, where they concealed themselves, obliterating, as far as possible, their tracks.
It was deemed necessary to proceed with the utmost caution.

The Blackfeet composed one of the most numerous and ferocious of all the Indian tribes.
Their warriors were numbered by thousands.