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a gigantic revolver, walked into a drinking and gambling saloon & in a loud voice proclaimed himself "the best man in Wyoming Territory." As no one disputed the assumption he approached the different gambling tables & whenever he could catch an eye, he would present his cocked pistol and demand, "what have you got to say about it." Of course each man so interrogated would at once admit the championship of such an interrogator. In this way "Pike" went all around the room, and with strong expression in disparagement of the courage of the persons in the saloon, was about to leave when he caught the eye of one of two men who had just come in and were quietly taking a drink at the bar. Walking up to this newcomer he thrust his six shooter in his face