After leaving the Little Bighorn Valley, Yellowhand returned to
Southern Colorado to live out his days on the high plains.

     Although many tried to capture him over the years, none were
successful. In his life, Yellowhand never held a bridle, wore a saddle,
or had a human on his back. He took revenge against the U.S.Army
and all human kind at every opportunity - raiding their grain storage,
breaking down their stockades, and stealing back the horses.

          In the winter of 1883, two Soldiers tried to
     corner him in a Box Canyon
     of the Medicine Bow Mountains in southern
     Wyoming. A young boy who witnessed the event
     said that Yellowhand trampled them both to death.

          In 1899, his life long friend Noka got her leg caught in a Redman's
     rabbit snare and was killed. She was 36 years old.

          Yellowhand crossed over into the spirit world along the banks of the
     Lower Platte River, 65 miles southwest of Denver, Colorado, in 1904 -
     at the age of 29.