Oftener than any other way he was some wild youth who, after some misdemeanor in the society of his native place, sought safety from reproach or punishment in the wilderness.

Or he was some disappointed man, who with feelings embittered towards his fellows, preferred the seclusion of the forest and mountain.

Many were of a class disreputable everywhere, who gladly embraced a life not subject to social laws.

A few were brave, independent and hardy spirits, who delighted in the hardships and wild adventures their calling made necessary.

All these men, the best with the worst, were subject to no will but their own.