noon
They did speak , and throughout that morning the great question was argued back and forth . Girty and Blackstaffe , the second of the renegades in influence , sometimes participated , and they were listened to with varying degrees of respect , according to the character of the advice they gave . These white men , with their cunning and knowledge of their own people , were of value , but once or twice when they spoke the lips of some of the younger chiefs , always including Timmendiquas , curled with scorn . At noon they came forth from the council house , and Timmendiquas , accompanied by Heno , went to the lodge in which Henry was confined . Heno carried particularly tempting food to Henry . Besides venison and turkey , he brought maple sugar and hominy with a dressing of bear 's oil and sugar . Henry had become used to Indian food long since , and he ate with relish .