hem to Filipino headquarters, which they reached July 10, 1900.

Marie was cordially welcomed by Aguinaldo, who restored her to a
position on his staff and secured from her the identical information
which he desired relative to the movement of the American troops, and
the very information, strange to say, which led to his own discovery
and capture by General Funston of the American forces in March of
the following year.

Aguinaldo learned from Marie that from the Filipinos' standpoint, the
war around Manila had been a dismal failure. He decided, therefore,
to send one of his trusted generals south by practically the same
route over which Marie had come, with information to the Filipino
troops east and south of Manila to move all their available forces
north with the quickest possible despatch and to place them under his
immediate command so that he might not only render himself immune from
capture, but take the initiative and oppose the American campaign in
the valley of the Cagayan river.

In December, 1900, about three months before his capture by General
Funston, Aguinaldo, having learned that the Americans were making their
way in great numbers into the valley of the Cagayan, asked Marie to
take up duty as a spy again; to recross the Sierra Madre mountains;
visit the American lines; ascertain their number of soldiers on duty
in the valley on the opposite side of the mountains and then to bring
this information to him, so that when reinforcements should arrive
he would know better how to undertake the campaign.

To this, Marie willingly assented, but she insisted that she could
not make the trip alone over the rugged Sierra Madre mountains;
that she had nearly famished crossing them the first time. Aguinaldo
therefor fitted out a little expedition consisting of eight Filipinos,
in addition to Marie, and a pack-train of fourteen ponies to accompany
her over the divide. Nine of the animals were for riding purposes;
the other five were to pack the supplies,--three of them for the
outward trip, two for the incoming. In addition to the rice which
they took along, they were instructed to forage as much as possible.

On December 9, the party started out on their perilous undertaking. A
point far up on the mountain slope, near a refreshing mineral spring,
having been reached on December 17, the party halted and established
a sub-base for their return trip. It was evident to them that they
had struck the wrong trail and