Two boys who grew up together and fell in love with a girl from another
enemy tribe.

Eagle Shoe and Shadow Boy grew up together in the same lodge and shared
adventures together into Manhood. While out hunting, a long way from
home they encountered another youth about their age who was hurt from a
buffalo goring his horse and injuring him. Although he was an enemy
(Cree), there was no honor in counting coup or killing him so they agreed
to take him back to his band, which was camped somewhere around the
Cypress Hills.(Blackfoot Hunting Grounds).

Upon entering the enemy camp with their companion, who was a son of an
important warrior in the band, they were given good treatment and
invited to many lodges to feast and tell stories. In one lodge there was a
young lady of great beauty, who caught the eye of both boys. She seemed
interested also.

After visiting for many days and being well treated, the boys were
requested to return to their own band with a message that the Crees wanted
a peace treaty and sent gifts back with the boys.

Upon returning to their own band they relayed the message to the band
council with the gifts sent. The band council agreed to talk to the
Cree's and sent the boys back with gifts to show their good intent. At the
Cree camp they were well received as friends and invited to stay for as
long as they wanted, but one had to return to the Blackfoot to make a
time for the peace treaty meeting and to let them know that the boys
were alright and had been well-treated by the Crees. Since both wanted to
stay to be around the girl (Shadow in the Night), they shot arrows to
see who would return. Shadow Boy lost and returned to the Blackfoot with
the messages and gifts.

Shadow Boy told his father about the Cree girl and his liking for her
and also that Eagle Shoe liked her too. His father told him this story:

While returning home from stealing horses from the Crows they ran onto
a band of Crees (their enemies) and the great warrior Shadow was their
leader. Shadow was defending this little clump of brush where his wife
was giving birth to a son. Shadow was killed and the woman died in
childbirth, but the baby lived. He brought the baby home to be raised as
his own and felt Shadow in the Night might be a relative. It wouldn't be
possible for them to marry. He (Shadow Boy) wasn't Blackfoot but Cree.
His father thought the band they visited might be the same band Shadow
(his father) was from and thus were his relatives. Upon returning to
the Cree band it was revealed that he did have relatives there and Shadow
in the Night was his older sister. By Eagle Shoe and Shadow in the
Night being married the two enemy bands made peace.

Many names have been misinterpreted such as The Cree Chief "Stone
Child" came out "Rocky Boy" and a whole Reservation was named after him in
this name!