It was well known that they were foremost in all gambling, and in taking a hand in any excitement that came up, and as a better class of miners came in they moved on, keeping ahead with the prospectors, and just out of reach of law and order.

If anyone else committed a crime they were always quite eager to be on the vigilance committee, and were remarkably happy when punishing a wrong-doer.

When any of their number was suspected it was generally the case that they moved quickly on and so escaped.

It was reported, however, that one of their number was in the hands of the vigilance committee and hanged in Montana.
After a time, it is said, they went down to southern California and settled on the border of the Colorado desert, about seventy-five miles east of San Diego, in a mountainous and desert region.

Here they found a small tribe of Indians, and by each marrying a squaw they secured rights equal to any of them in the occupation of the land.