 While Eli's brother Martin is eventually killed, Eli is adopted by the Kotsoteka Comanches and given the name Tiehteti.Initially treated as a slave, he eventually comes to earn the respect of his captors and is adopted by Toshaway, the man who kidnapped him.A series of misfortunes eventually hit the tribe, including an outbreak of disease which kills Toshaway and the rest of Eli's Comanche family.