Running Eagle, the Warrior GirlPartial summary. The fictionalized account of a Blackfoot horse raid on a Kalispel band camped by Flathead Lake. Probably based on a true incident. Running Eagle, a Blackfoot warrior girl, was a member of the war party. The incident would have occured in the 1840's. |
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