 However, Teal Eye makes him buy her from her father, so that he will be free to leave her any time he wants to.With winter coming on, the men soon begin the long return boat trip and Boone goes with them, abandoning Teal Eye.This cools the earlier friendship between Boone and Jim, who confides to Zeb that unlike Boone he would not have left if Teal Eye had chosen him instead.