She had built her reputation partly through conflict with neighboring nations.

She had done all of this as a committed and successful member of the Crow community.

The peace mission she undertook in 1854 was not an abandonment of that commitment.

Chiefs in Crow society had responsibilities that included diplomacy, and using a period of relative peace to attempt reconciliation with persistent enemies was exactly the kind of strategic thinking that a chief was supposed to exercise.

The mission was small — she traveled with a small party, the specific members of which are not documented.