Elated by such brilliant success, the young prince renounced allegiance to the Tartar sovereign and assumed independence.

Terrifying his enemies by severity, rewarding his friends with rich gifts, and overawing the populace by claims of supernatural powers, this extraordinary young man commenced a career of conquest which the world has never seen surpassed.
Assembling his ferocious hordes, now enthusiastically devoted to his service, upon the banks of a rapid river, he took a solemn oath to share with them all the bitter and the sweet which he should encounter in the course of his life.

The neighboring prince of Kerait ventured to draw the sword against him.

He forfeited his head for his audacity, and his skull, trimmed with silver, was converted into a drinking cup.
At the close of this expedition, his vast army were disposed in nine different camps, upon the head waters of the river Amour.

Each division had tents of a particular color.