A
Acapulco, Mexico, 121
Alder Gulch, gold strikes in, 51-52
American Party ticket, Plummer and, 126
Armstrong, George H., 133, 135-36
Ashmore, Mr., 170
Aspinwall, Panama, description of, 120
B
Bagg, Charles: description of, 78; recollections of, 112
Baldwin, T. L., 133-34, 136
Ball, Smith, 36; wounding of, 90
Bancroft, H. H., 96, 102
Banfield (card player), 32, 100
Bank Exchange Saloon (Bannack), 182
Bannack: dances at, 49-51; description of, 36, 47, 64; disease at, 32-33; first winter at, 22-23, 32-33, 50; hanging in, 4; houses in 47-49; miners and merchants of, 115-16; robberies in, 5, 67, 76
Barbour, Judge W. T., 157-59, 161; indictment of, 159
Barker (witness), testimony of, 151
Baume, Tom, 97
Bear River, massacre at, 27-28
Beidler, X., 79, 82, 83, 85, 89, 97, 98, 101, 110, 114; as hangman, 91; memoirs of, 28, 56, 108, 109
Belden, David, 145, 148-51, 157, 167; legal defense by, 154
Bell, Tom, 130
Bessette, Amede, memoirs of, 93
Biddle, Dr., 24
Biddle, Mrs., story about, 24
Birney, Hoffman: writings of, 35, 54
Bissell, Dr., 32
Blackburn, Sheriff: death of, 174; encounter with Mayfield, 173-74; reputation of, 172
Blackfeet Indian agency, 13
Blackfeet Indians, 9, 14, 43; religious ceremonies of, 14
Brocky Pete, story of, 53
Brown, George, 98; accusation of, 81, 82; hanging of, 8', 109; legends about, 112
Bruffey, George, 92, 112; recollections of, 113
Bryan, Electa, 4, 33, 36, 38, 40-42, 44, 57, 59, 181, 187, 191, 194, 196, 197; character of, 7; courtship of, 19, 20; departure of, 60-62, 64; description of, 20, 21, 56, 62; engagement of, 22; history of, 9, 10, 182 -- 83; home life of, 49, 54; house of, 47-49; marriage plans of, 43; second marriage of, 184-85; separation from Plummer of, 57-62, 64, 72-73; social life of, 51; travels of, 11, 12; wedding of, 46; youth of, 15-18
Bryan, James: children of, 16; history of, 15-16
Bryan, Mary (mother): children of, 16; history of, 15-16
Bryan, Mary Ann: history of, 16-17
Bryant, Eliza, 194
Bullock, Mr.: appeal by, 164, 166
Bunton, Bill, 76; accusation of, 82; hanging of, 91
Bunton, Sam, accusation of, 82
Burchett, Judge, 54
Butterfield, Deputy, 133, 138
C
Cahalan & Company, 168
California State Supreme Court, 195; appeal to, 156
Calloway (author), writings of, 110
Carrhart, George, wounding of, 32
Carter, Alex, 98; accusation of, 79, 81, 82; arrest of, 81; hanging of, 92; legends about, 112
Caven, Buzz, 36, 50, 77
Cherokee Bob, 175; death of, 177
Chrisman, George, 51, 69, 91
City Bakery (Nevada City), opening of, 125
Clark, William, 6
Clearwater region, 13
Cleveland, Jack, 17, 19, 22, 23, 29, 35, 38, 39, 42, 100, 116, 184, 191, 196; burial of, 31; confrontation with Plummer of, 24-25; death of, 26
Comstock, Henry, 167
Connor, Colonel Patrick, 27-28
Cooper, Johnny, 97; accusation of, 82; hanging of, 92
Copley, Mr., 29
Corbett, Pat, 147, 148, 152, 155, 159, 191; appeal by, 164, 166
Cottonwood Station, Montana Territory, 81
Crawford, Hank, 25, 29, 35, 56; confrontation with Plummer, 34-35, 39-40; fears of, 27
Cross, J., 38
Cushman, Dan, 112; writings of, 113, 115
Cynthia. See Red-haired Cynthia
D
Dacotah lode, 33
Dalton, Matilda Thibadeau, 195
Dalton, Mr., 194
Dances: description of, 49-51; Plummer at, 51
Darling, Lucia, 62, 66, 70-72, 103, 106; memoirs of, 64
Davenport, Mr., 99
Davenport, Mrs., 99
Davis, Alexander, 96; memoirs of, 108-9
Deaf Dick, 34
Democrat. See Nevada City Democrat
Democratic Club, 145, 167
Denny (juror), 155, 157
Dillingham, J. W., 36, 100; death of, 52
Dimsdale, Thomas, 24, 26, 29, 31, 35, 49, 81, 91, 93, 100-102, 111, 112, 114, 175, 189, 191, 193, 194; credibility of, 3, 92, 100-101; as superintendent of public instruction, 188; writings of, 5-7, 20, 24, 85, 90, 99, 108-9
Divinity of the Sky, 14
Douglas, Stephen, 168
Douglas and Johnson Club, formation of, 168
Draper, Mr., 148; testimony of, 151
Dutch Fred, 99
E
Edgerton, Mary, 62, 72, 74; description of, 65; fears of, 84; history of, 187; home life of, 65-67; memoirs of, 64, 113
Edgerton, Mattie, 62, 71, 74, 85, 104, 106, 118, 193, 194; memoirs of, 62, 64, 69-70, 83, 87, 90, 102-3, 105, 114
Edgerton, Sidney, 5, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73, 75, 83, 84, 90, 102-4, 108, 181, 193; analysis of, 99; authority of, 4; description of, 62; fears of, 71, 93, 107; history of, 187-89; home of, 64; meeting with Plummer, 62; politics and, 74; resignation of, 188; social attitudes of, 74; unpopularity of, 68
Elkhorn saloon (Bannack), 23
Emilie (ship), 9-12, 69
Emperor of the West, myth of, 189
Empire saloon (Nevada City), 123
Evans, George, 26, 99
Evidence: analysis of, 102-15
F
Fairweather, Bill, 51, 96
Farnsworth brothers, 130
Fetherstun, 101, 186
Fisher, arrest of, 139
Flathead Indians, 45
Flora Temple Company, 168
Florence, Idaho Territory, description of, 177
Forbes, Charlie, 52
Ford, Pat: career of, 177; death of, 178
Fort Benton, 9, 10, 19, 29, 40-42, 45, 57, 58, 67, 179; description of, 13; Vails and Bryan arrive at, 12 -- 13
Fort Clark, 12
Fraser (affidavit), 157
French, Ed, 55
G
Gallagher, Frank, confessions of, 113
Gallagher, Jack, 76; hanging of, 91
Garvey, Bruce, 130, 132, 134, 150, 196
Genealogical research, 7, 193-99
Getchell, George S., 155, 156, 195, 197
Glick, Dr., 78; grave robbery by, 181
Gold, lure of, 122
The Golden Age, 111
Golden Gate (ship), 120-21
Gold Flat, California: shootout at, 133-34
Goodrich, Bill, 91
Goodrich Hotel (Bannack), 24, 69, 84
Goodrich saloon (Bannack), 29, 100; confrontation at, 24-25
Grand Hotel (Panama), description of, 120
Grannis, John, 91; diary of, 60, 78
Grant, Johnnie, 51
Graves, William (Whiskey Bill), 26; accusation of, 82; hanging of, 92
Great Fire of 1856 (Nevada City), account of, 129
Gregory, U. S., 125
Gridley, Leonard, 66, 75, 76
Grimes, John, 138
H
Hall, Madam, 87, 89
Handy, William 198
Handy, William Henry, 198
Harris, Jack, 172
Harris, Jim, 177
Hauser, Sam, 70, 74, 106, 111; fears of, 69
Helm, Boone: accusation of, 82; confessions of, 113; hanging of, 91
Henry IV, 168
Heyer, Henry: business ventures of, 124-27, 129, 167
Hilderman, George, 190; description of, 79-80
Holleman, J., 102
Holloway's Ointment, 160
Holmes (witness), testimony of, 158
Holter, Anton, 99
Horan, John, hanging of, 54
Horseshoe Falls, Montana Territory, excursion to, 44-45
Hotel de Paris (Nevada City), 124, 146, 147
Houses (Bannack), description of, 47-49
Howard, Doc, 84, 99, 111; execution of, 115
Howie, Neal, 83, 101, 186, 192
Hoyt, Mr., 29
Hunter, Bill: accusation of, 82; hanging of, 92
Hutchinson, Governor, 197
I
Idaho Territory, formation of, 33
Irish Maggie, 169
Iron (Indian), 14; death of, 42
Ives, George, 99, 100, 109, 110, 117; accusation of, 76-77, 82; conviction of, 79; description of, 77; hanging of, 79, 81; trial of, 77, 78, 111
J
Job, Mr., 142
Job's Mule, story about, 142
Johnson, Andrew, 188
Johnson, Dave, 125, 133, 139; death of, 135; defeat of, 126; wounding of, 132, 135, 136
Johnson, Mary. See Bryan, Mary
Johnson, Mr., 128-29
Jordan (Plummer's friend), 128-29
Journal. See Nevada City Journal
K
Keeler (old man), 54
Kennar, Officer, 170
Kirkpatrick, Robert, memoirs of, 51
Know-Nothing Party, 142
L
La Barge, Joseph, 10, 11
Lame Bull's Treaty (1855), 13
Lane, George, 80, 81; accusation of, 82; confessions of, 113; hanging of, 91
Langford, Nathaniel, 26, 35, 36, 38, 52, 55, 57, 69, 70, 73-75, 78, 81, 90, 93, 101, 106, 111, 112, 117, 175, 191-94; writings of, 5, 24, 29
Lewis (saloonkeeper), 128-29
Lewis, Meriwether, 4
Lewis, Thomas, appeal by, 165-66
Lewiston, Idaho Territory, description of, 174
Lincoln, Abraham, 4, 62, 168, 187
Long John, 79, 110; testimony of, 78
Lucy (mule), story about, 142
Luna House (Lewiston), 175-77, 179
Lyons, Haze, 52, 100; accusation of, 82; confessions of, 113; hanging of, 91
McClintock, Sylvester, 125
McCormick, Mr., 134, 136, 137
McCutchin, Mr., 133
McMurry (witness), 91
Magruder, Lloyd, 59, 80, 84, 99; death of, 189
Magruder party, 115; attack on, 111
Mandan Indians, 12
Marshall, James, 118
Marshland, Stephen, 59, 100, 111, 189; accusation of, 82; hanging of, 91
Massachusetts Bay Province, 197, 199
Maxwell, James, history of, 184-85
Mayfield, Bill, 172, 177-79; arrest, trial, and escape of, 174; encounter with Blackburn, 173-74
Melodeon (Nevada City), 168
Merchants, description of, 115-16
Meredith, Emily, memoirs of, 28
Mexican Frank, accusation of, 82
Midsummer Night's Dream, 106
Miller, James, memoirs of, 95
Minatre, Father, 46
Miners, description of, 115-16
Mitchell (Reeves's friend), 27, 28; trial of, 29
Montana Historical Society: Sanders and, 188, 194
Montana Post, 3, 95
Montez, Lola, 141
Moody wagon train, 113; attack on, 111
Moore (Reeves's friend), 27, 28; banishment of, 30; trial of, 29
Moore, Gad, accusation of, 82
Moore, Phil, appeal by, 165
Mormons, 160
Mountain Code, importance of, 26-27
Mount Saint Helens, 141
Muldoon, W. J., fights with Plummer, 169
Mullan Road, 19, 46; travels on, 13
Myers, arrest of, 139
N
National Hotel (Nevada City), 167
Navy Bay, Panama, description of, 120
Nellie (Skinner), 24
Nevada City: disasters in, 123; fire in, 124, 129-30; life in, 126; Plummer's arrival in, 121-22; saloons in, 123
Nevada City Democrat, 123, 137, 140, 168, 170, 196; quotation from, 130, 170
Nevada City Journal, 122, 124, 125, 129, 130, 138, 139, 140, 143, 169, 171; quotation from, 126-27
Nevada County, population of, 123
Nevils, arrest of, 139
New York Hotel (Nevada City), 123
Noyes, Alva, 109
0
Oberlin College, 74
O'Brien, Deputy, 139
Ordinances (Nevada City): enforcing, 129, 144; list of, 127-28
Othello, 168
P
Page, Billy, 59, 189; testimony of, 111
Panama, description of, 119-20 Parish, Frank: accusation of, 82;
confessions of, 113; hanging of, 91, 92
Payne, D. S., 55
Payne, L. A., 177
Peabody's saloon (Bannack), confrontation at, 34
Pemberton, Judge, 52, 53
Perkins, Jeff, 25, 191
Perley, Sidney, genealogical research of, 194
Phelan, Mrs., 160
Phleger, Harry, 34
Piegan Indians, 9, 14, 183
Pitts, Captain, 97
Pizanthia, Joe: killing of, 90-91, 98, 113
Plumer, Elizabeth Handy, 197, 198
Plumer, Francis, 199
Plumer, Jeremiah, 197, 198
Plumer, Jones, 194
Plumer, Moses, 197
Plumer, William H., 194
Plumer, William Henry, 194, 198
Plumer, William Henry Handy, 198, 199
The Plumer Genealogy, 194
Plum Island, 199
Plummer, Electa. See Bryan, Electa
Plummer, Rial, 194
Plummer, William Henry, 195
Polka saloon (Nevada City), 125
Porter, E. J., 102
Post, Mr., 128
Pulse (affidavit), 156
Purple, Mr., 193
R
Rattlesnake Dick, 23; death of, 139
Rattlesnake Station, Montana Territory, 76, 81
Rawley, R. C., hanging of, 92
Ray, Ned, 36, 84, 89, 108, 109; accusation of, 82, 83; arrest of, 85; confessions of, 113; hanging of, 87, 102
Red Castle (Squire Williams), 136
Red-haired Cynthia, 177; myth about, 175-76
Reed, Reverend, 17, 42, 44, 52, 58
Reeves, Charles, 26-28, 32, 177-79, 186; banishment of, 30; description of, 18; travels of, 19; trial of, 29
Reighly. See Rawley, R. C.
Reputation, preservation of, 26-27
Rheem, William, 29, 196; memoirs of, 35; recollections of, 117
Rice (blacksmith), 144, 146-49,
152, 153, 155, 160, 171
Richardson, E., 38
Ridgley, Charles, 38, 177
Riley, William, 190; death of, 170, 172; fight with Plummer of, 170
Robinson (partner), 122
Robinson, Mr., 133, 134
Robinson, Mrs., 166
S
Sacajawea, 46
Sacramento Union, 150; quotation from, 36, 152
Sanders, Hattie, 66, 69, 76, 89, 103; memoirs of, 64, 72, 73
Sanders, Helen: memoirs of, 102, 104 -- 5; writings of, 111
Sanders, Wilbur, 4, 5, 62, 64, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 83, 93, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112-14, 116, 117, 181, 186, 192, 194; analysis of, 99; arrest of Plummer and, 85; description of, 74-75; as head of Montana Historical Society, 188; history of, 187-89; memoirs of, 23, 56, 103-5; prosecution by, 77-79, 81; social attitudes of, 74; Vigilance Committee and, 96
San Francisco: description of, l 1; Plummer's arrival in, 121; vigilantes in, 127
San Quentin, 23, 36, 161, 186, 190, 194, 195; description of, 162-66; Plummer at, 162-66
Sapp, Dick, 32, 100
Schell, Lee, 130
Searls, Judge, 150, 155
Senner, Mrs., 145
Shears, George: accusation of, 82; hanging of, 92
Sheehan, Mollie, recollections of, 53, 109
Shoshoni Indians, 47
Shreveport (ship), 42, 45, 57
Skinner's saloon (Bannack), 24, 31, 36, 50; confrontation at, 31
Skinner, Cyrus, 31; accusation of, 82; description of, 23-24; diplomatic efforts of, 32; estate of, 97; hanging of, 92; story about, 24
Slade, Mrs., 96
Smith (affidavit), 157
Smith, Ten Year, arrest of, 166
Smurr, Dr.: studies of, 97-98; writings of, 116
Southwick (affidavit), 157
Spaldings (missionaries), 13
Spanish dance hall (Oro Fino), confrontation at, 178
St. John, Mrs., testimony of, 158
St. Nicholas saloon (Carson City), 172
St. Peter's Mission, Montana Territory, 43, 57; wedding at, 46
Stewart, William, 167
Stinson, Buck, 31, 36, 52, 84, 89, 91, 100, 101, 108, 109, 192; accusation of, 82, 83; arrest of, 85; confessions of, 113; hanging of, 87, 102
Stinson, Mrs. Buck, 98
Stuart, Granville, 23, 26, 46, 51, 58, 77, 179; diary of, 18; memoirs of, 50; travels of, 18-19
Stuart, James, 46, 58, 77, 179; diary of, 18; travels of, 18-19
Sullivan, arrest of, 139
Sun Dance, performance of, 14
Sun River farm, Montana Territory, 9, 29, 58, 179; abandonment of, 183; description of, 13; life at, 14, 57; winter at, 42-43
Swift, Joseph, 14, 20, 41, 44-46, 57, 58, 84, 89, 190; Bannack life of, 68; pleas of, 87; travels of, 59
T
Tailfeathers Woman, 14
Taliaferio, Alfred, 166; appeal by, 164
Tax collection, 140
Teal, Deputy, 133
Temperance Hall (Nevada City), 133
Territory of Idaho, formation of, 33
Terry, David, 192; indictment of, 159; opinion of, 156 -- 57
Terwilliger, Billy, accusation of, 82
Testimony: analysis of, 102 -- 15
Thibadeau, Matilda Dalton, research of, 194
Thompson, Francis, 42, 44, 46, 57, 58, 66, 75, 80, 84, 85, 90, 181-83; Bannack life of, 68; hanging of Plummer and, 89; memoirs of, 12, 19-21, 40-41, 43-44, 60, 61, 78, 87, 105, 118; as secretary of the territory, 188; travels of, 10, 11, 13, 59
Tiebolt, Nick, 80, 97, 99, 111, 113; death of, 76-78
Tilden, Henry, 62, 73, 75, 76, 87, 104, 106, 108, 114; fears of, 107; holdup of, 69-71, 99, 102-4; memoirs of, 105; testimony of, 85, 102
Tompkins, E. O., appointment of, 155
Toodles (dog), 50, wounding of, 32
Toole, K. Ross, writings of, 92
Toponce, Alexander, 96, 192; memoirs of, 94, 101, 109
U
U. S. Hotel (Nevada City), 167
Union League, 55
United States Bakery (Nevada City), advertisement for, 124
V
Vail, Harvey, 9, 17, 44, 57, 187
Vail, James, 9, 19, 22, 41, 44, 46, 57, 58, 72, 179, 186, 187; appointment of, 13, 17; description of, 10; history of, 183, 185; marriage of, 17; at Sun River farm, 14; travels of, 13
Vail, Martha Jane, 5, 9, 18, 41, 44, 46, 57-59, 73, 84, 89, 183, 187; fears of, 40, 43, 87; history of, 185; marriage of, 17; Plummer and, 185-86; Thanksgiving dinner by, 71-73; travels of, 11; youth of, 15
Vail, Mary, 9, 17, 44, 57, 187
Vail, Rena: mystery surrounding, 185, 187
Vail, Suzie, 185
Van Hagan, Deputy, 150
Vanhook (Williams's volunteer), 133
Vedder, John (senior), 152, 158
Vedder, John, 145-48, 151, 157, 159, 161, 165, 190, 191, 196; career of, 144; death of, 149-50, 154, 158
Vedder, Lucy, 144-46, 148-50, 157, 159, 171, 190, 191; reputation of, 152-53, 160-61; testimony of, 151-53, 158, 160-61, 163-64
Vedder trial (Marysville), 155-61
Vedder trial (Nevada City), 149 -- 57
Venard, S., 140; defeat of, 141
Vigilance Committee, 92, 93, 114; analysis of, 98; formation of, 80; hanging of Plummer and, 84-85, 87, 89; members of, 96-97; quashing of, 96; work of, 81-83, 89-93, 96
Virginia Range, 167
W
Wadams, Sarah, 89; memoirs of, 51
Wagner, Dutch John, 59, 83, 85, 87, 97, 100, 111, 186, 189, 192; accusation of, 82; confessions of, 105, 113-14; hanging of, 91
Wall, Mr., 171
Walsh, Judge, 163, 167; defeat of, 143; politics and, 142 -- 43
Webster, Jim, 191, 196; escape of, 136; story of, 130-33
Webster, N. H.: memoirs of, 54; testimony of, 102
Weller, John, 164-66; appeals to, 163
Wells Fargo, 94, 122, 189
Wheeler, James, 177
Whiskey Bill. See Graves, William (Whiskey Bill)
Whitmans (missionaries), 13, 14
Williams, Captain, 96
Williams, Squire, 142, 167; history of, 133
Williams, Wallace, 137, 144, 191; reputation of, 138; story of, 133-37; testimony of, 135-36
Wright, Sheriff, 129, 133-35, 139; death of, 132, 136; description of, 132; inquest into death of, 132-38
Y
Yeager, Red, 59, 76, 98, 110; arrest of, 81; confessions of, 105, 114; description of, 81; hanging of, 81-82, 109; legends about, 112; testimony of, 108-9, 113
Young, Van, 144, 147, 149, 153
Z
Zachary, Bob, 59; accusation of, 82; hanging of, 92