Captains Keys told the Liberal that his…

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Captains Keys told the Liberal that his head scout said that the two Indians who they chased down in the Hatchets were Kid and an old man. How the scouts find such things out is a mystery, but they do it. The two Indians secured several hundred dollars from the two men they killed. They took Williams’ saddle, and for miles kept throwing away pieces of leather cut in various shapes, such as circles, stars and strips, as though it had been done simply as a pastime. At Rigg’s house they took the guns and a lot of truck. They left a lot of cartridges but took a pillow. Kid is evidently pretty well civilized to want a pillow on a kill- ing expedition. Captain Keys received notice from Col. Bliss, at Fort Bayard, that thirty days rations had been sent him, and he was in- structed to go to Alamo Viejo and scout for Indians. He left for there Sunday morning. — Liberal.