Complex sentence: The deputy and his hodgepodge posse chase the fugitive across Sugarland Mountain to "Barradale's upper logging camp" on Rough Creek, although they fail to locate him and return to North Carolina empty-handed the following day.
Split into simpler sentences: The deputy and his hodgepodge posse chased the fugitive across Sugarland Mountain to "Barradale's upper logging camp" on Rough Creek, although they failed to locate him. They returned to North Carolina empty-handed the following day.