The morning after the chase, Ichabod's old horse is found "without his saddle, and with the bridle under his feet, soberly cropping the grass at his master's gate". When Ichabod himself does not appear at breakfast or dinner, a search party is sent out on foot to discover what might have happened to him, and "after diligent investigation they (come) upon his traces". First of all, the group finds, in one part of the road, "the saddle trampled in the dirt". Then, "the tracks of horses' hoofs deeply dented in the road, and evidently at furious speed, (are) traced to the bridge". Beyond the bridge "on the bank of a broad part of the brook" are found the last two traces - "the hat of the unfortunate Ichabod, and close beside it a shattered pumpkin".
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