Is that all ?" "No, 'tain't; the boy swears thar was a white man 'long with 'em, a feller with a short moustache, an' dressed in store clothes.

He wan't no prisoner nuther, but hed a gun, an' talked ter Black Hawk, most like he wus a chief hisself.

After the killin' wus all over, he wus the one whut got 'em ter go off thar to the south, the whole kit an' kaboodle.
Onct he spoke in English, just a word, er two.

Asa cudn't make out whut he sed, but 'twas English, all right." "I don't doubt that.

There have always been white renegades among the Sacs and plenty of half-breeds.