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Chapter 93

           "Theheadwascutoff,yousay.Wasitquiteseveredfromthebody?"

           "Quite;thoughitwaslyingcloseupasifneitherheadnorbodyhadmovedafterthedismemberment."

           "Wasitacleanoutasifdonebyasharp-edgedweapon?"

           "Itwas."

           "Whatsortofweaponwouldyousay?"

           "Itlookedlikethecutofabroadaxe;butitmighthavebeendonewithabowie-knife;oneheavilyweightedatthebackoftheblade."

           "Didyounoticewhetherrepeatedstrokeshadbeengiven?Orhadtheseverancebeeneffectedbyasinglecut?"

           "Theremighthavebeenmorethanone.Buttherewasnoappearanceofchopping.Thefirstcutwasacleanslash;andmusthavegonenearly,ifnotquite,through.Itwasmadefromthebackoftheneck;andatrightanglestothespine.FromthatIknewthatthepoorfellowmusthavebeendownonhisfacewhenthestrokewasdelivered."

           "Hadyouanysuspicionwhy,orbywhom,thefouldeedhadbeendone?"

           "Notthen,nottheslightest.Iwassohorrified,Icouldnotreflect.Icouldscarcethinkitreal.

           "WhenIbecamecalmer,andsawforcertainthatamurderhadbeencommitted,IcouldonlyaccountforitbysupposingthattherehadbeenComanchesupontheground,andthat,meetingyoungPoindexter,theyhadkilledhimoutofsheerwantonness.

           "Butthentherewashisscalpuntouchedeventhehatstilluponhishead!"

           "YouchangedyourmindaboutitsbeingIndians?"

           "Idid."

           "Whodidyouthenthinkitmightbe?"

           "AtthetimeIdidnotthinkofanyone.

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