In 1865, Father Lacombe, an Oblate missionary was visiting a Blackfoot camp when it was attacked by Crees tried get between the lines to call truce and was not recognized by the Crees and subsequently wounded by a ricocheting bullet. In 1866, he prevented a number of Blackfoot warriors from looting a train of Hudson’s Bay Company carts and killing its Metis drivers. He then defied a number of warrior chiefs and provided a safe escort for the Metis back to Fort Edmonton. Father Lacombe became a good friend of HBC trader Richard Charles Hardisty who was in charge of Rocky Mountain House.
