The opposition of a particular chief to the hostile proceedings in the
councils of that morning has been already seen. But, after having
raised his voice in vain, in support of peace, his arm was not
backward in doing its duty in the war. His prowess has been mentioned;
and it was chiefly by his courage and example, that the Tetons
sustained themselves in the heroic manner they did, when the death of
Mahtoree was known. This warrior, who, in the figurative language of
his people, was called "the Swooping Eagle," had been the last to
abandon the hopes of victory. When he found that the support of the
dreaded rifle had robbed his band of the hard-earned advantages, he
sullenly retired amid a shower of missiles, to the secret spot where
he had hid his horse, in the mazes of the highest grass. Here he found
a new and an entirely unexpected competitor, ready to dispute with him
for the possession of the beast. It was Bohrecheena, the aged friend
of Mahtoree; he whose voice had been given in opposition to his own
wiser opinions, transfixed with an arrow, and evidently suffering
under the pangs of approaching death.
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