His youngest son, Fox Tail, was accused of killing a Mexican herder at Fort Zarah in 1866 during a drunken brawl.
[3] Rock Forehead's daughter was married to a man in Tall Bull's Dog Soldier band.
She and her four children survived the Battle of Summit Springs on July 11, 1869, in which Tall Bull's village was destroyed by the 5th Cavalry Regiment; they were taken prisoner but were later released.
[1] Fearing military reprisals following the Red River War, Rock Forehead fled his reservation in January 1875 to join the Northern Cheyenne in Montana.
His son Black Hairy Dog succeeded him as Keeper of the Medicine Arrows.