They are five.

Where one of them is, the other four are not likely to be far away.

There is Cotter's comrade, Henry Ware, a little older, and larger and stronger, wonderful in the woods! He surpasses the Indians themselves in cunning and craft.

Then comes Sol Hyde, whom they call the shiftless one, but swift and cunning, and much to be dreaded.
Look out for him when he is pretending to be most harmless.

And then Tom Ross, who has been, a hunter and guide all his life, and the one they call Long Jim, the swiftest runner in the wilderness.