"Ba and me was hiding by the riverbank for a long time," Lucio said. "Then Ba, he leave."
"Where to?" Lopez asked.
"He take the bote de remos… uh, how you say, the rowboat, and go downriver to find help. He tell me to stay here until the gringos leave. I see some of them ride out maybe two days ago. They go north. Then I see you ride into the ranch, and I think the bandidos have returned. So I stay by the river until I know you men are not the same."
Lopez and Graciela filled Lucio in on what had happened at the ranch, the murders of the four hands, the abuse and kidnapping of the women, and Graciela's escape after witnessing the bunkhouse shootings. Lucio offered a nominal description of the men and their horses and added that he watched several of the men put three women in a spring w
