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I
am
not
certain
as
to
the
exact
year
--
the
unit
of
it
--
though
I
can
with
unquestionable
certainty
record
the
decade
.
I
can
speak
more
precisely
as
to
the
place
;
though
in
this
I
must
be
allowed
latitude
.
A
circumference
of
twenty
miles
will
include
the
different
points
where
the
spectral
apparition
made
itself
manifest
to
the
eyes
of
men
--
both
on
prairie
and
in
chapparal
--
in
a
district
of
country
traversed
by
several
northern
tributaries
of
the
Rio
de
Nueces
,
and
some
southern
branches
of
the
Rio
Leona
.
It
was
seen
not
only
by
many
people
;
but
at
many
different
times
.
First
,
by
the
searchers
for
Henry
Poindexter
and
his
supposed
murderer
;
second
,
by
the
servant
of
Maurice
the
mustanger
;
thirdly
,
by
Cassius
Calhoun
,
on
his
midnight
exploration
of
the
chapparal
;
fourthly
,
by
the
sham
Indians
on
that
same
night
:
and
,
fifthly
,
by
Zeb
Stump
on
the
night
following
.
But
there
were
others
who
saw
it
elsewhere
and
on
different
occasions
--
hunters
,
herdsmen
,
and
travellers
--
all
alike
awed
,
alike
perplexed
,
by
the
apparition
.
It
had
become
the
talk
not
only
of
the
Leona
settlement
,
but
of
others
more
distant
.
Its
fame
already
reached
on
one
side
to
the
Rio
Grande
,
and
on
the
other
was
rapidly
extending
to
the
Sabine
.
No
one
doubted
that
such
a
thing
had
been
seen
.
To
have
done
so
would
have
been
to
ignore
the
evidence
of
two
hundred
pairs
of
eyes
,
all
belonging
to
men
willing
to
make
affidavit
of
the
fact
--
for
it
could
not
be
pronounced
a
fancy
.
No
one
denied
that
it
had
been
seen
.
The
only
question
was
,
how
to
account
for
a
spectacle
so
peculiar
,
as
to
give
the
lie
to
all
the
known
laws
of
creation
.
At
least
half
a
score
of
theories
were
started
--
more
or
less
feasible
--
more
or
less
absurd
.
Some
called
it
an
"
Indian
dodge
;
"
others
believed
it
a
"
lay
figure
;
"
others
that
it
was
not
that
,
but
a
real
rider
,
only
so
disguised
as
to
have
his
head
under
the
serapé
that
shrouded
his
shoulders
,
with
perhaps
a
pair
of
eye-holes
through
which
he
could
see
to
guide
his
horse
;
while
not
a
few
pertinaciously
adhered
to
the
conjecture
,
started
at
a
very
early
period
,
that
the
Headless
Horseman
was
Lucifer
himself
!
In
addition
to
the
direct
attempts
at
interpreting
the
abnormal
phenomenon
,
there
was
a
crowd
of
indirect
conjectures
relating
to
it
.
Some
fancied
that
they
could
see
the
head
,
or
the
shape
of
it
,
down
upon
the
breast
,
and
under
the
blanket
;
others
affirmed
to
having
actually
seen
it
carried
in
the
rider
's
hand
;
while
others
went
still
further
,
and
alleged
:
that
upon
the
head
thus
seen
there
was
a
hat
--
a
black-glaze
sombrero
of
the
Mexican
sort
,
with
a
band
of
gold
bullion
above
the
brim
!
There
were
still
further
speculations
,
that
related
less
to
the
apparition
itself
than
to
its
connection
with
the
other
grand
topic
of
the
time
--
the
murder
of
young
Poindexter
.
Most
people
believed
there
was
some
connection
between
the
two
mysteries
;
though
no
one
could
explain
it
.
He
,
whom
everybody
believed
,
could
have
thrown
some
light
upon
the
subject
,
was
still
ridden
by
the
night-mare
of
delirium
.
