Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07

time by the body OF his dead child
and said no word Then they took,
him to the room where his wife lay
dead. aid he gave no sign there ex-
cept to put his hand upon her face
After that the citizens of Mendoza
saw the chief and Red Fox go forth
into the wilderness with no word OF
farewell except this from Higgins.
I'VE will find Them
Their way led them into the very
heart of the wilds of northern Mime
sofa They lost the trail in untouched
pine forests, they found it by frozen
streams, they missed it in abandoned
logging camps, they took it up where
only the wild fowl and the moose had
their home. They slept in snowbanks,
they burrowed into the hollows OF
great trees to keep warmth in their
bodies; they travelled many a day
without food, they told no one OF the
purpose of their errand; they simply
sought three men whom Red Fox
knew.
They passed the Knife and Rum
rivers; they broke through the ice of
the Muddy; they slept under the glare
of the northern lights and woke where
the cold endured at 20 and 80 degrees
below zero. The strangers who met
them thought they were wraiths-this
little thin white man and this tall.
gaunt-eyed Indian. January ended and
February came but still they searched.
while distant Mendoza confidently
waited for Higgins return.
One winters morning Higgins and
Red Fox came into a far north logging
camp in the Vermilion region, and
found the loggers at breakfast. As
a
full expression passed over the face of
Red Fox. At the end of the dining
table sat three young men. Higgins
saw them almost as quick as Red
Fox. He sprang between them and
the Indian. His coat flew back and
his star of Office shone forth. He
cried out:
81 am Higgins, chief of police of
Mendoza 1 have warrants for the ar
rest of these men for murder. They
killed this Indians wife and child
Higgins acted quick, too, in an
other way. Two pistols few from
his coat pocket, one swept the faces
of the three covering men and one
covered Red Fox
Take that Indian out" he said, "or
he will murder them.
The lumbermen acted. Red Fox
onstrated his case to the foreman of
the camp, and the three men, secure
ly bound, were turned over to him.
Now he had his long journey home to
make. He feared to have Red Fox
with him. The Indian did not wish to
wait for the law of the white man to
act. Higgins spoke sternly to him,
and told him to go on ahead and give
warning to Mendoza that he had cap
tured the murderers. Red River sol
EMMY left the camp half a day ahead
of Higgins. The latter hired a team
and a guard. He started for Mendoza,
the guard driving, the three prisoners
in the middle of the sledge and he in
the rear watching them. He brought
them safely the first hundred miles
of the journey. The fourth day that
he was out and still fifty miles from
Mendoza he came to a heavy pine
growth which must be passed through.
The trail was very narrow. Higgins
was worn out, the driver was watch
ing the laboring of the horses, the pris-
Oners sat modify in their furs spec
ulating on the chances of escape. Sud
denly out of the forest shot tongues
of flame and the crack of rifles. Per
haps two rifles were fired, maybe
more. No one ever knew, but the pris-
oners lurched forward, dead men, and
the wild cry of vengeance of Red Fox
rang out just once. He was, never
seen again in Mendoza or the pine
forest. Higgins brought the bodies in.
He was a chief of police.-Chicag
Record-Herald.