Not all of the Bosque River village’s outstanding personalities were tireless workers for peace. Some, like the Afro-Delaware Jim Ned, and his brothers, Jack and Joe Harry, had mixed reputations. Jim Ned’s father had been a slave and to conceal his ancestry, he shaved his head and wore Delaware turbans or other headgear. He married a Delaware girl and was soon immersed in the culture. In his younger years, he was, like the other Texas Delawares, a valuable interpreter, scout, and spy in the service of Texas. But later, he devoted his efforts to stealing horses and causing trouble. Ned spent time among the Wichita and Penateka Comanches, and he became familiar with their customs only to be exploited later. Jim Ned attracted renegades from the Texas frontier in large numbers. They traveled beyond agreed boundaries to hunt, raid, and trade. For whatever reason, Jim Ned’s brother, Jack Harry, rushed into Waco to announce that two hundred Wacos were about to attack Torrey’s Trading House, and the neighboring settlements. Militias were called up and there was much excitement for a time. The renegade Delaware brothers alternated between selling whiskey and encouraging Texas Natives to violence and guiding official government expeditions. Later they moved their followers to Indian Territory.