With Vivian dead, Filipe once more on the run.
Colorado breathed a sigh of relief. The summer was relatively calm. No more Anglos were felled by the axe.
The army and posses of settlers still roamed the woods and mountains, but Filipe managed to elude them, even returned several times to his family's dwelling San Judas Plaza.
When visiting, he dropped further letters and portions of his diaries, confessing to the string of murders and threatening further violence.
He also took notice of his family's condition.
Following the cavalry raid in January, the Espinosa had fallen into abject poverty.
It was during one of these visits that Filipe recruited a new accomplice, a nephew, of which little is known.
He may have been 14 and his name may have been Julio.
It's not even clear why he recruited the boy.
Was he looking to initiate a new generation of espionages to anti-Anglo-violence or maybe he just needed somebody to look after the horses and the campfire?
