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When the survivors of the band of Wyoming fugitives that the five had helped were behind the walls of Fort Penn, securing the food and rest they needed so greatly, Henry Ware and his comrades felt themselves relieved of a great responsibility.

They were also aware how much they owed to Timmendiquas, because few of the Indians and renegades would have been so forbearing.

Thayendanegea seemed to them inferior to the great Wyandot.

Often when Brant could prevent the torture of the prisoners and the slaughter of women and children, he did not do it.
The five could never forget these things in after life, when Brant was glorified as a great warrior and leader.