Excerpt from Vigilante Days and Ways, Vol. 1 of 2: The Pioneers of the Rockies, the Makers and Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming First appearance Of Schiller's drama Of The Robbers a number of young men, charmed With the character Of Charles De Moor, formed a band and went to the forests of Bohemia to engage in brigand life. I have no fear that such will be the influence of this volume. It deals in facts. Robber life as delineated by the Vivid fancy of Schiller, and robber life as it existed in our min ing regions, were as Widely separated as fiction and truth. NO one can read this record Of events, and escape the conviction that an honest, laborious, and well-meaning life, Whether success ful or not, is preferable to all the temporary enjoyments Of a life Of recklessness and crime. The truth of the adage that Crime carries with it its own punishment has never received a more powerful vindication than at the tribunals erected by the people of the north-west mines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.