Kellsey was very near being sent to the other world to complete the sacrifice; but he arranged for "a feast of tobacco"-- in other words, a calm deliberation and the smoking of the pipe of peace.

He explained to the angry Indians that his Company had not supplied him with guns and ammunition with which to go to war, but to induce them to embark on the fur trade and to kill wild animals for their skins.

If, instead of this, they went to war, or injured him, they need never again go down to Fort Nelson for any further trade or supplies.

Four days afterwards, however, the attention of the whole party was concentrated on bison.
Bison could now be seen in abundance.

Kellsey was already acquainted with the musk ox, which he had seen in the colder regions near to Hudson Bay; but the bison seemed to him quite different, with horns growing like those of an English ox, black and short.