Quick Tender was innocent and on the run. According to the newspaper article, he had murdered two deputies and escaped from jail. A bounty of $1,000 was placed on his head, dead or alive. The bounty hunters were out in mass. Now he lay wounded on the plateau. Down below and across the river, he could see the eleven Indians he had just killed and the girl he loved being struck down by the man she was with. He lowered his Henry Rifle that was sighted between the man's eyes as the girl turned and looked up at him. She was put on her horse and led away.