Recursive Search

How would one search a C++ linked list with a recursive function?

#include <list>

int searchList(std::list<int> inList, int searchThing) {
  int result;
  std::list<int>::iterator iter = inList.begin();
  if (iter == inList.end()) {
    result = 9001;
  } else if ((*iter) == searchThing) {
    result = (*iter);
  } else {
    ++iter;
    result = searchList(std::list<int>(iter, inList.end()), searchThing);
  }
  return result;
}