That is, he will be known familiarly at widely separated parts of the range, places which he has never visited.

It has happened to a few of the famous characters of the mountain-desert that they became traditions before their deaths.
It happened to McGurk, of course.

It also happened to Red Pierre.
Oddly enough, the tradition of Red Pierre did not begin with his ride from the school of Father Victor to Morgantown, distant many days of difficult and dangerous travel.

Neither did tradition seize on the gunfight that crippled Hurley and "put out" wizard Diaz.

These things were unquestionably known to many, but they did not strike the popular imagination.