According to "Azuma Kagami" (The Mirror of the East), although Kagetoki knew where Yoritomo was on the mountain, taking pity on Yoritomo he led Kagechika and others to a different mountain reporting that there was no human tracks there.
『吾妻鏡』によると、この時、景時は頼朝の山中の在所を知るも情をもってこの山には人跡なしと報じて、景親らを別の山へ導いたという。