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I know he has not been drinking . What can it possibly mean ? '' It meant , said Captain Devers , when respectfully approached upon the subject in the morning , that on very strong circumstantial evidence he had discovered the identity of the night prowler . Brannan certainly answered the description given by the chaplain , despite the chaplain 's assurance that he did n't believe it was Brannan , and Brannan , said Devers , when not in the guard-house or hospital , had frequently been out of his quarters at midnight . Cranston 's six days home-keeping sped all too swiftly away . It was now definitely settled that his troop and Truman 's were to remain indefinitely on duty at the agency . The general hated the idea of building cantonments there , and had urged that all the Indians be concentrated at the White River reservation , but without avail , -- the Interior Department would have its way .