CHAPTER XXVII.

OUR PROGRAMME CONCLUDED--FROM SHERIDAN TO THE SOLOMON--FIERCE WINDS--A TERRIFIC STORM--SHAMUS' BLOODY APPARITION AND INDIAN WITCH--A RECONNOISSANCE--AN INDIAN BURIAL GROVE--A CONTRACTOR'S DARING AND ITS PENALTY--MORE VAGABONDIZING--JOSE AT THE LONG BOW--THE "WILD HUNTRESS'" COUNTERPART--SHAMUS TREATS US TO "CHILE"--THE RESULT, 387-395