To attribute the underlying causes of Yellow Hair’s decision to go down to Fort William to petty and mean revenge is the most vicious kind of slander.
It has been said by men whose reputations are beyond cavil that this was the one and only motive for such a foolish move.
However, judging the man by the actions which have already been related, and by the light of his early training and environment, the foolhardiness becomes minute and even the most biased observer could not help but see something of heroism in his decision.
The length of his deliberation occupied minutes and much wiser men have yammered and harangued for hours to decide some greatly inferior point.
But Yellow Hair had never been one to resort to the subterfuge of parley to cover up the fact that he lacked intelligence.
