This passage from Tom Sawyer:

*"You followed him?"*

*— ¿La seguiste tú?*

...seems to indicate that Indian Joe is a woman, because it uses "La" - right? I don't know Spanish that well, so I could be wrong (probably am); but why would "La" be used here and, if this translation *is* wrong, what should it be instead.

For some context on the passage, here it is with the precieding sentence prepended:

*"Oh yes! Why, it seems 'bout a year ago. It was that very night that I follered Injun Joe to the widder's."
— ¡Es verdad! Parece que ya hace años de eso. Fue la noche en que fui siguiendo a Joe el Indio hasta la casa de la viuda.
"You followed him?"
— ¿La seguiste tú?*