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Chapter 38

           Thethirdquerywas,perhaps,themostimportantatleastnowthatthedeedwasdone.

           Wherehaditbeendone?Wherewasthebodytobefound?

           Afterthat,whereshouldtheassassinsbesoughtfor?

           Thesewerethequestionsdiscussedbythemixedcouncilofsettlersandsoldiers,hastilyassembledatPortInge,andpresidedoverbythecommandantoftheForttheafflictedfatherstandingspeechlessbyhisside.

           Thelastwasofspecialimportance.Therearethirty-twopointsinthecompassoftheprairies,aswellasinthatwhichguidestheoceanwanderer;and,therefore,inanyexpeditiongoinginsearchofawar-partyofComanches,therewouldbethirty-twochancestooneagainstitstakingtherighttrack.

           Itmatterednotthatthehomeofthesenomadicsavageswasinthewest.Thatwasawideword;andsignifiedanywherewithinasemicircleofsomehundredsofmiles.

           Besides,theIndianswerenowuponthewar-trail;and,inanisolatedsettlementsuchasthatoftheLeona,aslikelytomaketheirappearancefromtheeast.Morelikely,indeed,sincesuchisacommonstrategictrickoftheseastutewarriors.

           Tohaveriddenforthatrandomwouldhavebeensheerfolly;withsuchoddsagainstgoingtherightway,asthirty-twotoone.

           Aproposaltoseparatethecommandintoseveralparties,andproceedindifferentdirections,metwithlittlefavourfromanyone.Itwasdirectlynegativedbythemajorhimself.

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