Chapter XIV -- "The Cypress Hills Slaughter"

Chapter XII from "The Story of Saskatchewan and its People." This is a account of the killings of Assiniboine by White traders representing American companies from Fort Benton. Hawkes goes discusses his opinions, with some historical context, under the heading "Indian Fights in Saskatchewan". The chapter includes a section entitled "Six Hundred Blackfeet Killed in 1866" which recalls the conflict between the Blackfoot and Cree at Red Ochre Hills. It concludes with "Sixty Cree Killed in 1868 Near Cypress Hills", an account of a Blackfoot and Cree encounter in which Blackfoot on horseback took the lives of 60 Cree men upon their return to camp.