Most of the warriors of this group of Kiowas, headed by Chief A'date ([ɔ́ːtɔ́ːtè]) or "Islandman" had left to raid a band of Utes or had gone bison hunting.

[3] An Osage arrow was found on the ground during this meeting and as a result, the different bands of the Kiowa scattered and ran from the threat of what was their biggest enemy.

[4] One particular group, headed by the Chief Islandman, left the creek and travelled southwest to find better grazing land and natural resources.

One old man escaped and managed to alert the nearest camp, enabling them to send a relief effort to help Islandman's struggling tribe.

In addition to this, a father is said to have carried his son with his teeth as he charged through the destruction, putting him down to shoot arrows at the Osage and then picking him up again to run.

Also, a mother fought off an Osage warrior singlehandedly while carrying a baby in a cradle board on her back and holding her young daughter's hand.

[3] When the Kiowa warriors returned to the camp, all they found were the decapitated, mutilated bodies of the women, children and elderly that the Osage had killed.

[8] In addition to this, the Osage allowed the Kiowa to take the Tai-me medicine bundle back in exchange for one pony, lessening the hostility between these two tribes.