Blood Indian Creek
Creek
72 L
Flows south into Red Deer River, approximately 98 km north north-west of Medicine Hat.
The name for the creek was recorded as early as 1883 by the Dominion Land Survey. It was
likely named after the aboriginal group. However, according to a local history of the area, the name arose from an altercation between a raiding party of Blackfoot and members of the eastern-based Saulteaux. Around 1840, in this meeting between the two groups, a woman elder of the Saulteaux lost three of her sons. She, along with a group of warriors caught up to the Blackfoot at the mouth of Blood Indian Creek. A battle ensued and the creek ran red with the blood of the slain Blackfoot.