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The
major
made
known
its
tenor
by
ordering
"
boots
and
saddles
"
to
be
sounded
;
and
before
the
sweat
had
become
dry
upon
the
horses
,
the
dragoons
were
once
more
upon
their
backs
.
The
despatch
had
conveyed
the
intelligence
,
that
the
Comanches
were
committing
outrage
,
not
upon
the
Leona
,
but
fifty
miles
farther
to
the
eastward
,
close
to
the
town
of
San
Antonio
itself
.
It
was
no
longer
a
mere
rumour
.
The
maraud
had
commenced
by
the
murder
of
men
,
women
,
and
children
,
with
the
firing
of
their
houses
.
The
major
was
commanded
to
lose
no
time
,
but
bring
what
troops
he
could
spare
to
the
scene
of
operations
.
Hence
his
hurried
decampment
.
The
civilians
might
have
stayed
;
but
friendship
--
even
parental
affection
--
must
yield
to
the
necessities
of
nature
.
Most
of
them
had
set
forth
without
further
preparation
than
the
saddling
of
their
horses
,
and
shouldering
their
guns
;
and
hunger
now
called
them
home
.
There
was
no
intention
to
abandon
the
search
.
That
was
to
be
resumed
as
soon
as
they
could
change
horses
,
and
establish
a
better
system
of
commissariat
.
Then
would
it
be
continued
--
as
one
and
all
declared
,
to
the
"
bitter
end
.
"
A
small
party
was
left
with
Spangler
to
take
up
the
trail
of
the
American
horse
,
which
according
to
the
tracker
's
forecast
would
lead
back
to
the
Leona
.
The
rest
returned
along
with
the
dragoons
.
Before
parting
with
Poindexter
and
his
friends
,
the
major
made
known
to
them
--
what
he
had
hitherto
kept
back
--
the
facts
relating
to
the
bloody
sign
,
and
the
tracker
's
interpretation
of
it
.
As
he
was
no
longer
to
take
part
in
the
search
,
he
thought
it
better
to
communicate
to
those
who
should
,
a
circumstance
so
important
.
It
pained
him
to
direct
suspicion
upon
the
young
Irishman
,
with
whom
in
the
way
of
his
calling
he
had
held
some
pleasant
intercourse
.
But
duty
was
paramount
;
and
,
notwithstanding
his
disbelief
in
the
mustanger
's
guilt
,
or
rather
his
belief
in
its
improbability
,
he
could
not
help
acknowledging
that
appearances
were
against
him
.
