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With
the
planter
and
his
party
it
was
no
longer
a
suspicion
.
Now
that
the
question
of
Indians
was
disposed
of
,
men
boldly
proclaimed
Maurice
Gerald
a
murderer
.
That
the
deed
had
been
done
no
one
thought
of
doubting
.
Oberdoffer
's
story
had
furnished
the
first
chapter
of
the
evidence
.
Henry
's
horse
returning
with
the
blood-stained
saddle
the
last
.
The
intermediate
links
were
readily
supplied
--
partly
by
the
interpretations
of
the
tracker
,
and
partly
by
conjecture
.
No
one
paused
to
investigate
the
motive
--
at
least
with
any
degree
of
closeness
.
The
hostility
of
Gerald
was
accounted
for
by
his
quarrel
with
Calhoun
;
on
the
supposition
that
it
might
have
extended
to
the
whole
family
of
the
Poindexters
!
It
was
very
absurd
reasoning
;
but
men
upon
the
track
of
a
supposed
murderer
rarely
reason
at
all
.
They
think
only
of
destroying
him
.
With
this
thought
did
they
separate
;
intending
to
start
afresh
on
the
following
morning
,
throw
themselves
once
more
upon
the
trail
of
the
two
men
who
were
missing
,
and
follow
it
up
,
till
one
or
both
should
be
found
--
one
or
both
,
living
or
dead
.
The
party
left
with
Spangler
remained
upon
the
spot
which
the
major
had
chosen
as
a
camping
ground
.
They
were
in
all
less
than
a
dozen
.
A
larger
number
was
deemed
unnecessary
.
Comanches
,
in
that
quarter
,
were
no
longer
to
be
looked
for
;
nor
was
there
any
other
danger
that
called
for
a
strength
of
men
.
Two
or
three
would
have
been
sufficient
for
the
duty
required
of
them
.
Nine
or
ten
stayed
--
some
out
of
curiosity
,
others
for
the
sake
of
companionship
.
They
were
chiefly
young
men
--
sons
of
planters
and
the
like
.
Calhoun
was
among
them
--
the
acknowledged
chief
of
the
party
;
though
Spangler
,
acting
as
guide
,
was
tacitly
understood
to
be
the
man
to
whom
obedience
should
be
given
.
