At age 16 he and his father fought the Pawnee near present-day Genoa, Nebraska, and, still a teenager, he participated in raids against settlers and miners across the present-day states of Montana, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota.
In his sixteenth year, he fought with his father against the Pawnee near present-day Genoa, Nebraska, and as a young man, he conducted raids on settlers and miners across modern-day Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota.