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These
were
the
questions
discussed
by
the
mixed
council
of
settlers
and
soldiers
,
hastily
assembled
at
Port
Inge
,
and
presided
over
by
the
commandant
of
the
Fort
--
the
afflicted
father
standing
speechless
by
his
side
.
The
last
was
of
special
importance
.
There
are
thirty-two
points
in
the
compass
of
the
prairies
,
as
well
as
in
that
which
guides
the
ocean
wanderer
;
and
,
therefore
,
in
any
expedition
going
in
search
of
a
war-party
of
Comanches
,
there
would
be
thirty-two
chances
to
one
against
its
taking
the
right
track
.
It
mattered
not
that
the
home
of
these
nomadic
savages
was
in
the
west
.
That
was
a
wide
word
;
and
signified
anywhere
within
a
semicircle
of
some
hundreds
of
miles
.
Besides
,
the
Indians
were
now
upon
the
war-trail
;
and
,
in
an
isolated
settlement
such
as
that
of
the
Leona
,
as
likely
to
make
their
appearance
from
the
east
.
More
likely
,
indeed
,
since
such
is
a
common
strategic
trick
of
these
astute
warriors
.
To
have
ridden
forth
at
random
would
have
been
sheer
folly
;
with
such
odds
against
going
the
right
way
,
as
thirty-two
to
one
.
A
proposal
to
separate
the
command
into
several
parties
,
and
proceed
in
different
directions
,
met
with
little
favour
from
any
one
.
It
was
directly
negatived
by
the
major
himself
.
The
murderers
might
be
a
thousand
,
the
avengers
were
but
the
tenth
of
that
number
:
consisting
of
some
fifty
dragoons
who
chanced
to
be
in
garrison
,
with
about
as
many
mounted
civilians
.
The
party
must
be
kept
together
,
or
run
the
risk
of
being
attacked
,
and
perhaps
cut
off
,
in
detail
!
The
argument
was
deemed
conclusive
.
Even
,
the
bereaved
father
--
and
cousin
,
who
appeared
equally
the
victim
of
a
voiceless
grief
--
consented
to
shape
their
course
according
to
the
counsels
of
the
more
prudent
majority
,
backed
by
the
authority
of
the
major
himself
.
It
was
decided
that
the
searchers
should
proceed
in
a
body
.
In
what
direction
?
This
still
remained
the
subject
of
discussion
.
