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Vigilante Days and Ways / The pioneers of the Rockies; the makers and making of Montana and Idaho

Chapter 53: INDEX
By Nathaniel Pitt Langford
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The book presents a memoir-like chronicle of crime and community response in early Rocky Mountain mining country, documenting rampant robberies, murders, and the vice of boom camps alongside efforts by settlers to organize vigilance committees, impromptu courts, and executions to restore safety. It combines episodic accounts of raids, trials, pursuits, and notable incidents with portraits of frontier life, mining discoveries, and transport hazards, and it weighs the practical necessity and moral ambiguities of extralegal punishment while tracing how communities struggled to replace lawlessness with order.

INDEX

  • Abercrombie, Fort, 123
  • Adams, Thomas, 111
  • Aden, Joseph, 481, 482
  • Alder Gulch, discovery of, 206, 207;
  • Allen, Charley, 320;
    • murder of, 325
  • Allen, Jemmy, 394
  • Anderson, Resin, 111
  • Ankeny, Capt., 338, 339, 345
  • Arnett, William, 114
  • Ashley, ——, 497
  • Atkinson, Dr., 112
  • Ault, ——, 113
  • Bad Lands, the, 494, 501, 502
  • Bagg, Charles S., 299
  • Ball, Smith, 368, 369
  • Banfield, ——, 176–178
  • Bannack, 68, 122, 129–131, 134–136, 188–191;
    • see also Grasshopper Creek
  • Bannack Indians, 118, 120, 195–197;
    • final destruction of, 199–203
  • Barlow & Sanderson, 525
  • Barnhardt, Martin, 437, 438
  • Beachy, Hill, 318, 328–348
  • Bear Rapids, 497
  • Bear River, Battle of, 199–201;
    • lists of killed and wounded, 203–205
  • Beaver Head Diggings, 65, 118
  • Beidler, J. X., 284, 350, 351, 388, 463–470, 524, 541
  • Bell, William H., death of, 181
  • Benton, Fort, 66, 123, 126, 498
  • Berry, Joseph and John, robbery of, 59, 60
  • Biddle, Dr. and Mrs., 134
  • Bissell, Dr. Edward, 115, 176, 207, 212, 219, 249
  • Blackburn, sheriff of Carson City, 48;
    • murder of, 49
  • Blackfeet Indians, 122, 124, 451, 498;
    • attack of, 127–129
  • Blake, A. S., 112
  • Bledso, Captain, 478
  • Bledsoe, Matt, 56
  • Bond, Samuel R., 123
  • Bonneville, Capt., 520, 540
  • Bozeman, J. M., 279
  • Branson, Henry, 279
  • Bray, Cornelius, 124–129
  • Bridger, ——, 497
  • Broadwater, ——, 163–170
  • Brockie, ——, 45, 55, 56
  • Brookie, Major, 115, 213, 457
  • Brown, ——, 522
  • Brown, George M., of Plummer’s band, 275, 276, 312–315;
  • Brown, James, 212
  • Bryan, Eliza, afterwards Mrs. Henry Plummer, 186
  • Buckner, Hank, 478, 479
  • Buffalo Shoals, 497
  • Bull, John, 439
  • Bullard, Scott, 469
  • Bunton, Bill, 24, 28, 233, 235–240, 242, 243, 270, 309, 315, 391;
  • Bunton, Sam, 242, 243
  • Burritt, E. H., 123
  • Burtchy, ——, 297
  • Burton, Elijah, 76
  • Caldwell, Tom, 244–255
  • Carpenter, ——, 522
  • Carrhart, George, of Plummer’s band, 133, 134, 151, 177
  • Carter, Alex, of Plummer’s band, 252, 253, 287, 294, 309, 315, 395, 396;
    • execution of, 398
  • Castner, J. M., 134
  • Chalmers, Horace and Robert, murder of, 325
  • Chapman, Arthur, 56
  • Charlton, David, 123
  • Chase, H. M., discovers gold in Washington Territory, 35
  • Chase, Lieut., 199
  • “Cherokee Bob,” of Plummer’s band, 24, 40–43, 47, 48, 50–51, 70, 71;
    • death of, 72
  • Civil War, the, 22
  • Claggett, Hon. Wm. H., 464, 467
  • Clancy, Judge, 115
  • Clark, John C., slayer of Raymond, 482;
    • execution of, 483
  • Cleveland, Jack, 24, 66–68, 131;
  • Cline, ——, justice at Boise City, 482
  • Columbia River, Lewis fork of, 19;
    • Clarke fork of, 19
  • Columbia River Steamboat Co., 338
  • Comstock Lode, the, 266
  • Conley, David, 429–432
  • Connor, Gen. P. Edward, 196–202
  • Contway, David, 167–169
  • Cook, A. G., 480, 481
  • Cooper, Johnny, one of Plummer’s band, 166, 168–170, 315, 395, 396;
  • Copley, George, 143, 368–370
  • Courts, and processes of trial, among miners, 139–141
  • Craig’s Mountain, 26, 28
  • Crawford, “Hank,” 132, 133, 143–145, 148–157
  • Crisman, George, 249, 257, 258
  • Culbertson, ——, 497
  • Cutler, E. R., 212
  • Cynthia, mistress of Mayfield and Cherokee Bob, 50–52, 70–73
  • Dale, Virginia, wife of Slade, 450, 456, 461
  • Daly, Tom, 434
  • Dance, Walter B., 113, 114, 173, 231, 384, 541
  • Dance & Stuart, firm of, 231, 256
  • Daniels, James, 473;
    • execution of, 474
  • Danites, or Destroying Angels of Mormon Church, 406
  • Dart, George, 259
  • Davenport, ——, 174;
    • and his wife, 175
  • Davis, Alexander, 299;
    • judge of the People’s Court, 457–460
  • Davis, Jefferson, 99;
  • Dawson, ——, factor at Fort Benton, 126, 156
  • Deer Lodge, gold placers on, 65, 66, 118, 121
  • Dempsey, Robert, 111
  • Dibb, Dr. W. D., 123
  • Dillingham, ——, of Plummer’s band, 207, 219;
    • letter in regard to, 220;
    • murder of, 211
  • Dimsdale, Prof. Thomas J., quoted, 146, 147
  • Dinan, ——, 521;
    • murder of, 522
  • Dixon, John, 483;
  • Dodge, ——, 207, 208
  • Donahue, ——, slayer of Patterson, 108, 109
  • Dorsett, James, 424
  • Dorsett, Rudolph, 420–423;
    • murder of, 424
  • Dougherty, Patrick, 124–129
  • Douglas, Camp, 195, 196
  • Dowdle, William, 533, 534
  • Durley, Jefferson, 186
  • “Dutch Fred,” 82;
    • murder of, 83
  • “Dutch John,” of Plummer’s band, 215, 216, 280–284, 286, 315, 349–359;
    • execution of, 371–373
  • East Bannack, 66, 186
  • Eaton, Charles, 394
  • Edgerton, Judge Sidney, 257, 259, 275, 276
  • Elk City, 20, 36, 66
  • Ellis, ——, 172
  • Ely, John, 453
  • English, David, 45, 59, 60–62;
    • execution of, 62, 63
  • Evans, ——, slayer of Mayfield, 72, 73
  • Evans, George, murdered by Cleveland, 131
  • Evanson, ——, 286
  • Express, pony, 29
  • Farrell, Tom, 332, 336
  • “Fat Jack,” 88;
    • death of, 89
  • Fernandez, Charley, 525–531
  • Fetherstun, John, 351, 355–359, 371, 468, 524, 541
  • Field, ——, 76
  • Findlay, Francois, discoverer of gold in Montana, 111
  • Fisk, Capt. James L., 122, 123
  • Fletcher, William, 76
  • Florence, 20, 36, 53, 66
  • Floyd, Camp, 76, 77
  • Forbes, Charley, of Plummer’s band, 207, 208, 210, 211, 215, 216;
    • trial of, 212–214;
    • death of, 219
  • Forbes, Melanchthon, 279, 283
  • Ford, Patrick, a saloon-keeper in Lewiston, 36, 38;
    • murder of, 39
  • Franck, John, “Long John,” 290, 292–294, 308
  • French, Ed, 255
  • Gallagher, Jack, of Plummer’s band, 207, 211, 271–275, 277, 278, 375, 376–380;
    • execution of, 383–387
  • Gallagher, Major, 199, 201
  • Glick, Dr., 115, 129, 157–160, 175, 541
  • Godfrey, ——, 138
  • Goodrich, ——, saloon-keeper at Bannack, 131
  • Grasshopper Creek, afterwards Bannack, 119–121
  • Graves, William, “Whiskey Bill,” of Plummer’s band, 245–249, 294, 309, 315, 397;
    • execution of, 398
  • Gridley, Leonard A., 275, 276
  • Grimes, ——, discoverer of gold on the Boise River, 66
  • Groves, Dr. Wm. H., 76, 77
  • Hall, Fort, 118
  • Hanson, ——, 463, 464;
  • Harkness, ——, a butcher, 28
  • Harper, Charley, one of Plummer’s associates, 40, 44, 63, 87;
    • removal, with band, to Salmon River, 45, 54;
    • execution of, 88
  • Hauser, Samuel T., 113, 114, 226, 255–262, 518
  • Hayden, Dr., 454
  • Heffner, John, 424
  • Helena, Mont., Herald, 161
  • Helm, Boone; 74–86, 241, 315, 376–380;
    • execution of, 383–387;
    • story of the stranger about, 407, 411, 412, 416–418
  • Hereford, Robert, 111, 303
  • Hickey, ——, of Plummer’s band, 55
  • Higgins and Warden, store of, 174
  • Hilderman, George, of Plummer’s band, 240, 289, 290, 295;
  • Hiltebrant, ——, saloon-keeper in Lewiston, 32, 33, 37
  • Holliday’s Overland Stage Line, 518
  • Holter, Anton M., 286–288
  • Howard, “Doc.,” 318–330, 342–347;
    • execution of, 348
  • Howie, Neil, 230, 351–359, 371, 478, 479, 541
  • Hoyt, J. F., 143, 146
  • Hoyt, Samuel N., 197, 198, 200
  • Hughes, ——, 286
  • Hunkins, Col., 113
  • Hunt, William, 422, 458, 459
  • Hunter, Bill, of Plummer’s band, 151, 158, 315, 375, 376, 400–403;
  • Hurd, A., 481
  • Hynson, Bill, 466–472
  • Idaho, originally comprised Montana and Wyoming, 20
  • Irving, Washington, on Captain Bonneville’s expedition, 540
  • Ives, George, of Plummer’s band, 132–134, 166, 168–170, 227, 244–251, 261, 280, 285, 294–297;
    • trial of, 298–301;
    • execution of, 302–304;
    • life of, 306
  • Jacobs, John M., 111
  • Jernigan, B. F., 114, 115
  • Johnson, Dan, 454
  • Johnson, Frank, 478
  • Jones, M. T., 279
  • Kelley, ——, 421–428
  • Killman, Capt., 441
  • Kinney, Chief Justice, 197
  • Kirby, ——, a Lewiston gambler, 31, 32.
  • Knox, Robert C., 123
  • Lane, George, “Clubfoot George,” 61, 231, 256, 298, 315, 376, 377;
    • execution of, 383–387
  • Langford, N. P., 123–129, 138, 142, 143, 173, 182, 219, 225–229, 255–265, 451–455, 485–491, 518–520, 524–536
  • Lannan, Pat, 435–437
  • Laramie, Fort, 447, 448
  • Lazarus, Izzy, 435
  • Le Clair, Michaud, a fur-trader, 116–119
  • Le Grau, robbery of, 175
  • Leach, John, slayer of Hanson, 465, 466
  • Leavitt, Dr., 115, 159, 228
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition, 492, 493, 540
  • Lewiston, capital of Idaho, 20, 22, 31–33, 225
  • “Long John,” see John Franck
  • Lott, John S., 458
  • Louthen, Frank, 113
  • Lowry, Chris, 318–330,342–347;
    • execution of, 348
  • Luce, Jason, 242, 243
  • Luella, steamboat, 503, 513
  • Lyon, General, killed in battle of Wilson’s Creek, 113
  • Lyon, Governor, of Oregon, 32, 478, 479
  • Lyons, Hayes, of Plummer’s band, 179, 207, 208, 210, 211, 216, 219, 315, 376, 380–382;
    • trial of, 212–214;
    • execution of, 383–388
  • McAdow, P. W., 112, 113
  • McCausland, ——, 521;
    • murder of, 522
  • McClinchey, Neil, 58
  • McCormick, 279, 280
  • McFadden, Daniel, 233, 234–240
  • McGarry, Major, 198, 199, 200
  • McGranigan, ——, 76, 77
  • McLean, Captain, 199
  • McLean, Col. Samuel, 115, 118, 119, 266
  • Mackinaw boat travel, 492, 497, 498;
    • story of, 499–516
  • Madison, ——, 234, 236–240
  • Magruder, Lloyd, murder of, 309, 318–326;
    • trace of, 328
  • Maguire, Billy, 434
  • Marcus, Charley, 477
  • Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, 35
  • Marshland, Steve, of Plummer’s band, 244–246, 280–284, 315, 350, 389;
  • Martin, John, 76
  • Martin, Peter, 392
  • Masons, first meeting of, in Bannack, 181;
    • funeral services of W. H. Bell, 182–184;
    • power of, 184, 185
  • Mayfield, Bill, 48–51;
  • Meagher, Governor, 473
  • Meeks, Jake, 111
  • Mendenhall, Jack, 113
  • Mers, ——, 521;
    • murder of, 522
  • Miller, C. F., 182
  • Mitchell, William, associate of Reeves, 136, 138, 146;
    • trial of, 144
  • Montana, originally a part of Idaho, 20
  • Monthe, Jake, 113
  • Moody, Milton S., 279, 282–285
  • Moore, Augustus, 131, 135–139, 141, 163, 164, 176–178, 219;
    • trial of, 144–147
  • Moore, Captain, 244–248
  • Moore, Gad, of Plummer’s band, 315
  • Mormons, 258–265;
  • Mose, of the early pony express, 29, 30
  • Muchacho, 435
  • Mullen, Capt. John, 122
  • Munson, Judge, 473
  • Murieta, Joaquin, 45
  • Murphy, ——, 485–488
  • Neselrode, ——, 89
  • New York Herald, 528
  • Nez Percés Indians, 26
  • Northern Overland Expedition, 122
  • Northwestern Fur Co., 118, 540
  • Northwestern Railroad, 513
  • O’Keefe, Barney, 396
  • “Old Tex,” a brother of Boone Helm, 84, 85
  • “Old Tex,” one of Plummer’s band, 244, 245, 294, 308, 391–393
  • Oliver, Dr. A. J., 255, 256
  • Opdyke, David, 476–482;
  • Oro Fino, 20, 37, 66
  • Overland Stage Co., 441–443, 484
  • Page, William, 319, 323–330, 343–348
  • Palmer, Dr., 268, 270
  • Palmer, William, 289, 290, 292
  • Parish, Frank, one of Plummer’s band, 240, 242, 315, 376;
    • execution of, 384–387
  • Parker, ——, 521;
    • murder of, 522
  • Parks, ——, murder of, 477
  • Parks, Charley, 522
  • Patterson, Ferd, 91, 95–108;
    • death of, 108
  • Patton, W. H., 299
  • Payne, D. S., 225
  • Peabody, Ben, 351
  • Peasley, Thomas, 437, 438
  • Peel, Langford, 429–440
  • Pemberton, ——, 163
  • Pemberton, W. Y., 299
  • People’s Court, The, 457
  • Peoples, William, 45, 59, 60–62;
    • execution of, 62, 63
  • Percy, ——, 234, 236–240, 242
  • Perkins, George, 151, 152
  • Perkins, Jeff, 131
  • Pfouts, P. S., 457
  • Phillips, William, 321;
    • murder of, 325
  • Phleger, Harry, 132, 133, 149, 153, 171, 172
  • Pike’s Peak Gulch, 125, 129
  • Pinkham, ——, 91–95, 98;
    • murder of, 99–101;
    • results of murder, 102–109
  • Pizanthia, Jo, 368–370
  • Plummer, Henry, 23–27, 37, 48, 66–68, 130, 137, 138, 148–162, 171–175, 186–188, 213, 226, 242, 258, 261, 266–272, 276, 315, 357, 360, 361;
    • execution of, 362–364;
    • life of, 365–366
  • Porter, Deputy Sheriff, 42, 43
  • Post, Columbus, 115, 118
  • Post, Mark, 115
  • Powell, John W., 111;
    • letter of, 78–81
  • Price, Captain, 199
  • Prickly Pear Valley, 123;
  • Purple, Edwin R., 365
  • Quinn, Lieut., 199
  • Ray, Ned, of Plummer’s band, 207, 251–256, 261, 311, 315, 358, 361;
    • execution of, 362–364
  • Raymond, Reuben, 481, 482;
    • murder of, 483
  • Reeves, Charley, one of Plummer’s hand, 37, 66, 132, 135–139, 141, 163, 176;
    • trial of, 144–147
  • Reni, Jules, 444–449
  • Rheem, Wm. C., 144, 147, 226;
  • Richardson, Edward, real name of Charley Forbes, 216
  • Ridgely, of Plummer’s band, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 66
  • Ritchie, ——, 298
  • Robbins, ——, a friend of Pinkham, 102, 103, 106
  • Robinson, ——, 430, 431
  • Rockfellow, John S., 279, 283
  • Romaine, Jim, 318–330, 342–347;
    • execution of, 348
  • Rucker, ——, 429, 432, 433
  • Ruckles, Capt., 338
  • Rumsey, William, 234, 236–239, 241, 421, 423
  • Russell, Capt. Jack, 115–120, 176–178
  • Rutar, Dr., 212
  • Salmon River, 29, 30;
    • discovery of gold in, 45
  • Sanders, Col. Wilbur R., 258, 267–277, 299, 304
  • Sapp, Dick, 176–178
  • Sarpie, ——, 497
  • Scott, Bob, 455
  • Scott, Nelson, 45–47, 59–62;
    • execution of, 62, 63
  • Shears, George, of Plummer’s band, 315, 396;
    • execution of, 397
  • “Shebangs” of Plummer’s band of road agents, 26, 27, 28
  • Shepard, Johnny, 154
  • Shoot, Littlebury, murder of, 75
  • Short, Mr. and Mrs., 134
  • Shoshone Falls, 20
  • Simmons, Andrew J., 498;
    • letter of, 499–516
  • Sioux Indians, 122, 451, 519;
    • attack of, 506–511
  • Six, Dr., 213
  • Skinner, Cyrus, 53, 134, 172, 178, 207, 315, 395, 396;
    • execution of, 398
  • Slade, Joseph A., 441–460;
    • execution of, 460–462
  • “Slippery Joe,” 190, 191
  • Sloan, William, 279, 281
  • Smith, Governor Green Clay, 478, 490
  • Smith, H. P. A., 115, 212, 216, 298, 406
  • Smith, Joseph, 262
  • Smith, Judge, of Walla Walla, 61
  • Snake River, rise of, 19
  • Southmayd, Leroy, 244–254, 295
  • Spillman, C. W., 114, 115
  • Spivey, Henry, 304
  • Stage Coach, the, 517–524
  • Staples, Capt., murder of, 97
  • Stapleton, Washington, 115, 207, 208
  • Steele, Dr., president of Alder Gulch, 209, 210, 212
  • Stevens, Governor Isaac I., 123
  • Stewart, ——, 525, 529
  • Stinson, Buck, 180, 207, 208, 210, 211, 216, 251–256, 261, 311, 315, 358, 361;
    • trial of, 212–214;
    • execution of, 362–364;
    • life of, 365
  • Stuart, Granville, 111, 114, 119
  • Stuart, James, 111, 114, 119, 541
  • Talbert, Henry, real name of “Cherokee Bob,” 72
  • Terry, ——, a friend of Patterson’s, 99, 100, 102
  • Terwiliger, Billy, of Plummer’s band, 160, 315
  • Tetons, the three, 20
  • Thomas, Henry, “Tom Gold Digger,” 112, 124
  • Thompson, Henry, 421–428
  • Thurmond, J. M., 299, 406
  • Tiebalt, Nicholas, 289;
  • Tilden, Henry, 259, 275–277
  • Tipton, M. W., 396
  • Todd, ——, deputy of Virginia City, 211, 216
  • Tracy & Co., pony express of, 29
  • Trotter, Charles, 532, 533
  • Turner, ——, of Plummer’s band, 28
  • Union, Fort, 123, 512
  • Union League, 225
  • Union Pacific Railroad, 518
  • United States Geological Survey, 454
  • Vail, ——, in charge of Government farm on Sun River, 67, 186
  • Vigilantes, of Florence, 88, 89;
    • first real activities of, 291;
    • organization of committees, 309, 360, 367;
    • of Virginia City, 374;
    • justification of, 405, 406;
    • mistakes of, 474, 475;
    • review of, 537
  • Virginia City, founding of, 207;
    • growth of, 222–224
  • Vivion, James, 352
  • Wagner, John, real name of Dutch John, 280
  • Wall, Capt., 351
  • Warner Creek, 20
  • West Bannack, 66, 186
  • White, John, 119, 420–423;
    • murder of, 424
  • White Bird Creek, 30, 56
  • Whitehead, Charles, 259, 260
  • Wilkinson, ——, 234, 236–240
  • Williams, Charles, 470
  • Williams, Frank, 523
  • Williams, “Jakey,” 71, 72
  • Willoughby, Bill, 70–72
  • Wilson, Jack, 297
  • Winnemuck, chief of the Bannack Indians, 178–180
  • Wohlgamuth, ——, 534
  • Wolf Rapid, 497
  • Woodmansee, ——, 120
  • Woods, Governor, 407
  • Wright, Gen., commander of the Department of the Pacific, 343
  • Wyoming, originally a part of Idaho, 20
  • Yager, Erastus, “Red,” 269–274, 310–316;
    • execution of, 317
  • Yankton, capital of Dakota, 225
  • Yellowstone River, 19;
    • National Park, 19;
    • travel on the river, 492–515
  • Young, Brigham, 262, 263
  • Zachary, Bob, of Plummer’s band, 235, 240, 245–249, 294, 315, 319, 396, 398