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Chapter 3

           Wescarcelyexpectafalsealarmfromasoldier,aswellastraveller,ofyourexperience."

           Calhounfeltthetaunt;andwouldprobablyhavewithheldthecommunicationhehadintendedtomake,butforPoindexterhimself.

           "Come,Cassius,explainyourself!"demandedtheplanter,inatoneofrespectfulauthority."Youhavesaidenoughtoexcitesomethingmorethancuriosity.Forwhatreasonshouldtheyoungfellowbeleadingusastray?"

           "Well,uncle,"answeredtheex-officer,retreatingalittlefromhisoriginalaccusation,"Ihaven’tsaidforcertainthatheis;onlythatitlookslikeit."

           "Inwhatway?"

           "Well,onedon’tknowwhatmayhappen.Travellingpartiesasstrong,andstrongerthanwe,havebeenattackedontheseplains,andplunderedofeverything—murdered."

           "Mercy!"exclaimedLouise,inatoneofterror,moreaffectedthanreal.

           "ByIndians,"repliedPoindexter.

           "Ah—Indians,indeed!Sometimesitmaybe;andsometimes,too,theymaybewhiteswhoplayatthatgame—notallMexicanwhites,neither.Itonlyneedsabitofbrownpaint;ahorsehairwig,withhalfadozenfeathersstuckintoit;that,andplentyofhullabalooing.IfweweretoberobbedbyapartyofwhiteIndians,itwouldn’tbethefirsttimethething’sbeendone.Weasgoodashalfdeserveit—forourgreenness,intrustingtoomuchtoastranger."

           "Goodheavens,nephew!thisisaseriousaccusation.

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