An inference is a process of concluding something that is not explicitly or directly suggested in a text but that can be guessed by analyzed the details provided in them. In the case of the passage from "The Devil and Tom Walker" the narrator describes the people of Boston were mainly "accustomed to witches and goblins, and tricks of the devil" and mentions this situation was in that way "from the first settlement of the colony" and due to this, the people seem to be stricken by the events of the story. This also shows the people from the story at that time were in contact with supernatural phenomena or beings and they believed in them as part of their lives. This behavior is consistent with the word "superstitious" as this word means someone who believes excessively in the supernatural which describes exactly the people from the excerpt. Thus, the conclusion that can be taken from the details provided by the narrator is that the colonists living in the region at this time were superstitious people as they believed in supernatural creatures such as witches, goblins, and demons.
