"But if you'd seen the marks upon Seth's throat, you'd say it was the
work of the devil, an' no human bein'. An' there are others who think
the same, too."

"What happened after that?"

"The gang came, an' they chased Injun Sam. But they made a mess of
that job, an' got scared 'most to death."

"What did they chase Sam for?"

"Oh, some thought that he was the one who killed Seth an' carried off
the girl. He had been seen hangin' around, an' so he was suspected.
But it wasn't Sam, I tell ye. It was the devil, an' they found that
out to their sorrow."

"In what way?"

"They were campin' one night in the woods when in a twinklin' they were
all knocked senseless. When they came to, their guns, grub, an'
everything else was gone. Now, if the Injuns had done it, they
wouldn't have left one of the gang alive. They were 'most scared to
death, so they are certain now that it was the devil."

"So you haven't heard anything more about the Colonel's daughter?" Dane
queried.

"Nuthin'."