them to the sheriff. I was pretty sleepy when I got there,
as I had to keep awake at night a good deal in guarding; and
we had gotten out of food and the cold had been intense.

To his sister Corinne he admitted that he was well satisfied to part
from his prisoners.

I was really glad to give them up to the sheriff this
morning [he writes from Dickinson], for I was pretty well
done out with the work, the lack of sleep, and the constant
watchfulness, but I am as brown and as tough as a pine knot
and feel equal to anything.

It happened that the editor of the _Herald_ of Newburyport,
Massachusetts, had a friend in Dickinson who occasionally sent him
news of the frontier which he printed as the "Dickinson (Dakota)
Letter to the Newburyport Herald."

[Illustration: Dow and Sewall in the boat they made themselves, laden
with the loot of the thieves.]

To illustrate what manner of men we need [he wrote during
the week following the successful conclusion of Roosevelt's
adventure], I will relate an incident which is to the point.
I presume you are all acquainted, through the newspapers,
with the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, who is quite prominent in
New York politics and society. He owns a ranch on the Little
Missouri, about eighty miles northwest from here, and
created quite a stir last Sunday by bringing to town
three horse-thieves whom he had captured with the help of
two of his "cow men."

Thereupon follows the story of the capture and jailing of Finnegan and
Company.

When I saw him [the correspondent continues], Mr. Roosevelt
had been on the "trail" for three weeks, and wore a cowboy's
hat, corduroy jacket, flannel shirt, and heavy shoes, but
was in excellent health and spirits.

Said he, "I don't know how I look, but I feel first-rate!"

The next morning he appeared in the justice's court, saw the
outlaws indicted, and a little later took the train bound
west, for his "cow camp." I had never seen Mr. Roosevelt
before, although I had read many articles from his pen; and
when I left home I had no idea of meeting a gentleman of his
standing on the frontier masquerading in the character of an
impromptu sheriff. But, only such men of courage and energy
can hope to succeed in this new, beautiful, but undeveloped
country.

The justice of the peace who indicted the