“Let it burn for a few minutes, enough to take out anything that might be a sign leading to us. Then push the damn thing into the river“ Snake laughed.
“Or hell, let the mare drag it down there and then kill her. We’ll be on our way shortly, riding all night. I want to get down to that Uncompahgre country, and I wanna be there by late June. Find some folks with gold. These two-bit outfits ‘round here ain’t gonna have no money, and we ain’t got enough men anyways.
If we ride most of the dark, we’ll be long gone by the time these folks is missed.”