The meeting between the Blackfoot party and Lewis’ own did not end well.  The following morning several of the Blackfoot – according to Lewis – crowded around the campfire and stole a number of rifles, including those belonging to Drewyer and Lewis.  A chase ensued in which there was a fight, and R. Fields stabbed a Blackfoot through the heart with his knife.  The fight then was then general – as other Blackfoot were attempting to steal horses — and ended when Lewis shot a Blackfoot in the belly.  It was a close run thing, as Lewis wrote upon the return fire he “felt the wind of the ball very distinctly.”