The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-02-03

That the Southwest Has Had to Do
| With in Years.
| In all the records pertaining to indi-
Vldual states of the union it is doubt
full If there be any more replete with
events at once stirring and romantic
than those Of California. Nor have the
writer's OF current years been slow to
| recognize this fact, as is evident from
the great accumulation of literature
treating upon various phases OF early
life in the gold delivers state And
yet, in the majority of character
sketches relative to pioneer days in
California, there is one type whose
several traits are rarely if ever delin-
Gated in their entirety. 1t is the native
Californian. The average writer de-
lights in portraying this prevalent type
OF the argonaut period, as a. sedentary,
ease-loving individual, whose ambition
seldom extended beyond the limits of
! the hacienda and the sum total of
| whose existence represented one pro-
longed unchanging siesta.
Now, such an impression is not alto
gether erroneous. so far as it goes.
But it's applicability is subject to linn
itations. The indolent, langurous tenn
permanent Of the typical Californian is
precisely the reverse of certain charac-
! teristics which, at the period in ques-
! ton, actuated a powerful element Of
| this extraction, namely, the bandits of
the Sierras. The outrageous occupa-
| ton Of this particular faction, entail
| ing as it did an almost perpetual ex-
| fence in the saddle, admitted of scant
opportunity for the enjoyment of lux
ury and ease.
Throughout a period of more than
30 years following upon the acquisi-
| ton Of California by the United States,
these bold marauders held absolute do
miniOn over the mountain highways in
the central and southern districts of
the state. Hardly less thrilling were
the careers and escapades of the mem
bers Of this nefarious fraternity than
the deeds of the noted buccaneers and
freeheoters who terrorized our eastern
seacoast during the first three centuries
subsequent to it's discovery. Like the
latter category of adventures the ban
ditti Of the Sierras numbered not a
few sciOns of wealthy and influential
families, though the bulk of the organ
tization was generally made up of the
most. vicious and unnrinc;n,ad cha
ters known n the wastar, world
Probably the most audaoious honai+
in the history If California woe
.Joaouin Mnrieta q native of sonor. :,
Tuolumme county and noamhar of
an eminently respectahle family If thai
section. II was thronph . yor;eod
story of this robbers career that p q.
Miller. famous as the "Poet of the.
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