VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS BY THE SAME AUTHOR WITH ILLUSTRATIONS WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE in _Scribner’s Magazine_ THE ASCENT OF MOUNT HAYDEN in _Scribner’s Magazine_ [Illustration: _Nathaniel P. Langford._] VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS THE PIONEERS OF THE ROCKIES THE MAKERS AND MAKING OF MONTANA AND IDAHO BY NATHANIEL PITT LANGFORD WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1890. BY NATHANIEL PITT LANGFORD. _All Rights Reserved._ COPYRIGHT, A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912 W. G. Hull Printing Company Chicago [Illustration: “_Why doesn’t he write?_”] THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE Unknown Pioneers WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE Empire OF THE New Great West. “_One of the chief temptations of the Devil is that he can persuade a man that he can write a book, by which he can achieve both wealth and fame._”—CERVANTES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION xi I HENRY PLUMMER 19 II SOCIETY IN LEWISTON 26 III NORTHERN MINES 34 IV CHARLEY HARPER 40 V CHEROKEE BOB 45 VI FLORENCE 53 VII FIRST VIGILANCE COMMITTEE 60 VIII NEW GOLD DISCOVERIES 64 IX DESERTION OF MINING CAMPS 69 X BOONE HELM 74 XI DEATH OF CHARLEY HARPER 87 XII PINKHAM AND PATTERSON 91 XIII EARLY DISCOVERIES OF GOLD 111 XIV CAPTAIN FISK’S EXPEDITION 122 XV BANNACK IN 1862 130