Nor was it likely that they would go there.

Dieskau and the French officers would scarcely allow him to be burned in their camp, and Tandakora would keep away from it until his hideous work was done.
Now Tayoga, despite his cynicism and apparent indifference, was all watchfulness.

He knew that, for the present, any attempt to escape was hopeless, but he wished to observe the country through which he was passing, and see everything pertaining to it as far as the eye could reach.

It was always well to know where one was, and he had been taught from infancy to observe everything, the practice being one of the important conditions of life in the wilderness.
The soul of Tandakora, who walked just behind him, was full of savage joy.

It was true that Lennox had escaped, but Tayoga was an important capture.