1800  (1897)  It is the common war road of the Sioux at this season.
1826  (1931)  A party less than Fifty could not trap with safety, it being in the vicinity of the great War road in fact of all the War tribes.
1858  (1860)  The "War-road" near the Elbow of the South Branch of the Saskatchewan, on the flanks of the Grand Coteau, [is that] of the Blackfeet and Plains Cree.