The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-12
HIS BROTHER IS DEAD
Frank Greenfield Writes He
Has Given Up Hope.
ENTIRE PARTY MURDERED
By Indians = Letters Home
From the Depths of Brazil.
ENTIRE PARTY MURDERED

Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 1L-Readers of the
Eagle all over the territory viii be inter
ested in the news that Frank Greenfield,
who is searching for his brother in the
wilds OF South America, has given up
hope that his brother is alive; in fact,
has proof that he was murdered The
following two letttrs from the searching
brother, published in the Cleveland Tri-
angle, are of great interest. Young Al
fred Greenfield was with a party exDlor-
ing the rubber forests of Brazil:
CuyCba, Estado de Matte Grasse,
October 3, 1899.
Dear Brothers, Alice and ALL viii
write again and ct you know how things
are here. The mail boat is not In yet,
but as AVE considerable business to at
tend to I viii write now and if anything
further is learned l will write more later
on. I told you in my last letter that
there was very little If any, hope of AL
fred being alive. Since then 1 have re-
ceived almost certain proof of the death
OF all the party. They were killed BY
the Silais. ribe Of Indians living upon
the Xirgu.
Tiers are two or three versions Of the
s-Gry as to their death, but I have sent
a copy Of a letter to Mr.. Price, K c.,
that was sent to parties living here, tell
ing Of and giving an account OF the kill
eng OF five or sly vi lie men on the river
Ningu last year. In substance, the let
ter is as follows: "a young Xinguan
Or Xinguese, who was with a party OF
live or six white men, whom the Siiais
treacherously murdered, escaped and has
brought the news to this place. of the
killing of five or six white men my the
Siiais Indians. The Indians, by an ap-
pearance Of friendship, induced two Of
the whites to come Up to their village
and there treacherously killed them, and
afterwards fell upon the others that were
in the boats and killed them also"
AS to the truth of these details l can
not say, but that they were killed by In
dams is established beyond doubt The
government is making every eort to find
out the facts for me and ] think I may
be able to send their certificate by this
mail. Poor Alfred. 1t is a sad ending
to what appeared at one time profitable
undertaking. Goodbye, FRANK.
Cuyuba, Estado de Matte Grasse, Brazil,
October 9. 1899
Dear Brothers and Sister--FIl write a
short letter today, as I suppose it is a
duty I owe you. If it wasn't I certainly
would not, as it IS too hot for anything
except drinking refrescas, as the natives
call fruit juices mixed with water I'm
like half-burned brick ] can absorb
my weight of refrescas and then want
more. As a. rule the nights are cool or
I believe I should die Thank goodness,
the rains will soon commence and then
1t viii be a bit fresher, although it is
really the hottest portion of the year dur
ing the months Of the year during the
months of December, January and Feb
uuary. 1t rains so much that 1t tenn
pers the atmosphere and those months
are not so uncomfortable as the present.
This country has just been through the
throes of a revolution and affairs are
just beginning to readjust themselves.
About sixty ex-presidents, eX-vice presi-
dents and other ex's are in jail. They
the ''ins''-would like TO get the national
senator, St. Ponce, in the same place as
NE has the eader, but It appears that,
being senator, his person is sacred, there
lore the 'ins'' must content themselves
as best they may with the lesser fry. In
the meantime, Colonel PauIo Castro.
commander Of the national forces here,
Keeps a guard night and day around the
residence of Senator Ponce to protect
him from harm. A word here about this
same Paulo Castro would not be amiss.
Having beer, as it were. almost a child
of the army. this brave soldiers life
would read almost like a romance. so
many and varied have been his expert
Vnces during almost forty years of ser
vice on the outposts of Brazilian terri
tory. His experiences and adventures
during the whole of the Paraguay war
end the countless revolutions and Indian
wars would oil volumes. There have
Deen two revolutions here while he has
heen in command and his manner OF deal !
Showing a profound knowledge Of the /