Been there more times than I care toi think about. :-)
Connor was a schmuck who slew all, combatant and noncombatant, while Bear Hunter ordered his warriors not to shoot first.
Bear Hunter expected Connor to ask for the fugitives, which request Bear Hunter intended to honor.
Connor had no honor, and should have swung.
He's currently running an eternal gauntlet of Shoshones armed with tomahawks, the icy river always out of reach.