Ringan said he had heard it in Accomac, and had sailed to Sabine to make sure.

Men had ridden out from Stafford county, and found no more than a child's toy and some bloody garments.
"Who did it ?" I asked, with fury rising in my heart.
"It's Cherokee work.

There's nothing strange in it, except that such a deed should have been dared.

But it means the beginning of our business.

D'you think the Stafford folk will sleep in their beds after that?
And that's precisely what perplexes me.