Boy, tell the Captain that I am Cahoonshee. Show him the mark on your breast. My time has come.
Evidently he intended to say something more, but dizziness prevented.
The ship is reached and Cahoonshee is carried on deck, and then to the doctor’s room. Drake and the Quicks were taken before the Captain and questioned.
Where is the girl and dog that was in your company?
There has been no girl in our company. The dog left when you shot the old man, and is now on yonder island.
Have you any knowledge, young man, of a lady in the hands of the Indians?
Yes sir. For five days we have been in pursuit of a party of Indians who hold a young lady a captive.
Have you any knowledge of a young lady that was taken from her friends last night?
No, sir.