[1] As an adult he was portrayed as a five feet and eleven inches tall man of agile movements with an expression of self-possession, daring and determination.

[2] Conflict with the Osage over hunting rights south of the Arkansas River in the area called Lovely's Purchase led to a long period of internecine warfare between the two nations that included the Battle of Claremore Mound.

In 1822 General Edmund Gaines negotiated a treaty that included sharing of hunting rights south of the Arkansas River and west of Fort Smith.

After peace had been established with the Osage in 1832, the reward was withdrawn and the outlawry ended and Tahchee was induced by Chief John Jolly to move back to the Cherokee Nation.

[6][7][8] George Catlin met Tahchee when he served as guide and hunter for the United States Dragoon Regiment, on their expedition to the Comanches in 1834.

He pronounced him "one of the most extraordinary men that lives on the frontiers at the present time", personally known to all the officers of the US Army that have been stationed in the area.

By "desperate warfare" with the Osage and Comanche, he had successfully created a fine land by the Canadian River where he enjoyed a comfortable life.

Tahchee was one of the petitioners that in 1837 together with John Ross and others had appealed to the United States government questioning the legality of the New Echota Treaty.

[17] When the Treaty Party in 1840 attempted a merger with the Old Settlers, a delegation which among its members contained Tahchee was appointed and sent to Washington to present their claims as the legal government of the Cherokee Nation.