A Cheyenne warrior who gives Adam the yellow tomahawk warning. He spares Adam during the attack but pursues vengeance against Ives, leading to his own death at Adam's hands when he refuses to accept military justice.
Fire Knife's pursuit of revenge against Ives drives the final confrontation.
Fire Knife prepares to kill Ives because Ives was known as the Butcher for failing to warn Cheyenne women and children during earlier bloodshed.
Fire Knife entrusts Adam with the warning that initiates the central conflict.
Fire Knife gives Adam the yellow tomahawk and instructs him to deliver it to the Army fort as a proclamation of war.
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