About forty days after the escape of the…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

tin and buried the skin, the meat they ate raw. And so they kept in sight of the railroad track until they came to where they could see the mountains of New Mexico, then they knew where they were. They left the railroad and made a bee line for the Mescalero reservation. About forty days after the escape of the Indians from Fort Riley, Captain Brannigan of the Mescalero Indian police was out on the reservation with a party of Indian police and ( 27 ) discovered signs of bare foot Indians making their way towards the agency; the tracks were followed and finally led to Roman and his fel- low fugitives. When the police found them they were in a pitiable condition, naked, barefoot and emaciated with hunger, and Roman supposing he was to be sent back to Fort Riley, begged Captain Brannigan to shoot him. Roman was taken to the agency, kindly cared for, and when his case had been represented to the new agent he was restored to his family and friends.