. ▁C ull en ▁doesn ' t ▁trust ▁the ▁Union ▁soldiers ▁to ▁not ▁take ▁reven ge ▁on ▁a ▁Confeder ate . ▁Joseph , ▁El am , ▁and ▁C ull en ▁meet ▁up ▁with ▁Gr ig gs , ▁who ▁s ne ers ▁that ▁his ▁eight - man ▁cont ing ent ▁now ▁includes ▁the ▁three ▁men . ▁ ▁In ▁Che y enne ▁country , ▁Joseph ▁tells ▁Gr ig gs ▁that ▁Chief ▁Many ▁H ors es ▁will ▁know ▁where ▁P aw ne e ▁K iller ▁is . ▁Al one ▁with ▁Joseph , ▁El am ▁questions ▁the ▁Gr ig gs ' s ▁p ledge ▁not ▁to ▁harm ▁the ▁Indian ▁women ▁and ▁children . ▁C ull en ▁not ices ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁sab re ▁on ▁Gr ig gs ' s ▁bel t . ▁" S po ils ▁of ▁victory " ▁from ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Anti et am , ▁bo asts ▁Gr ig gs . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁camp fire , ▁Gr ig gs ▁j ok ingly ▁describes ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁retre at ▁at ▁Anti et am . ▁It ▁only ▁happened , ▁says ▁C ull en , ▁because ▁his ▁side ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁am mun ition ▁after ▁killing ▁so ▁many ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁side . ▁" We ▁won , ▁and ▁you ▁lost ," ▁ta un ts ▁Gr ig gs , ▁holding ▁up ▁the ▁sword ▁to ▁prove ▁it . ▁C ull en ▁moves ▁to ▁force fully ▁take ▁the ▁sword ▁from ▁Gr ig gs , ▁but ▁El am ▁rest ra ins ▁him . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁the ▁men