8 7 7 ), ▁territorial ▁tax ▁collect or ▁( 1 8 6 4 – 1 8 6 9 ) ▁and ▁author ▁published ▁V ig il ante ▁Days ▁and ▁W ays - P ione ers ▁of ▁the ▁Rock ies ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁after ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁Minnesota . ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁speech ▁to ▁the ▁Mont ana ▁Historical ▁Society , ▁western ▁historian , ▁O lin ▁Whe eler ▁provided ▁positive ▁comment ary ▁on ▁the ▁Ald er ▁Gul ch ▁vig il antes ▁in ▁a ▁t ribute ▁to ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Nathan iel ▁Lang ford . ▁ ▁Another ▁account , ▁not ▁published ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁former ▁Mont ana ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Justice ▁( 1 9 2 2 – 1 9 3 5 ) ▁Lew ▁L . ▁Cal la way . ▁Ed ited ▁by ▁his ▁son ▁Lew ▁Cal la way ▁Jr ., ▁Mont ana ' s ▁R igh te ous ▁H ang men : The ▁V ig il antes ▁in ▁Action ▁st ems ▁from ▁Cal la way ' s ▁association ▁with ▁vig il ante ▁Captain ▁James ▁William ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s . ▁Lew ▁Cal la way ▁wrote ▁extens ively ▁about ▁the ▁vig il antes ▁and ▁his ▁stories ▁which ▁add ▁more ▁int imate ▁details ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁vig il antes ▁operated ▁are ▁captured ▁in ▁this ▁volume . ▁Although ▁some ▁vig il ante ▁activities ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁were ▁critic ized ▁by ▁citizens ▁and ▁civ ic ▁leaders , ▁there ▁was ▁a