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THE WILD WEST

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Deadwood is home to (or at least a
Deadwood is home to (or at least a You might have thought that the guy who killed the infamous folk
watering hole for) dangerous men
watering hole for) dangerous men hero ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok would be someone whose hand you’d like
like Wild Bill Hickok and Jack
like Wild Bill Hickok and Jack to shake. The enemy of your enemy must be your friend, right?
McCall, as well as frontier But McCall, a former buffalo hunter known as ‘Crooked Nose Jack’,
McCall, as well as frontier
opportunists looking for
opportunists looking for shot Hickok in the temple in cold blood at a poker game. At his
legitimate occupation who
legitimate occupation who trial, he accused Hickok of
aren’t afraid to bump heads to
aren’t afraid to bump heads to killing his brother, but
get their way. So you could do a lot
get their way. So you could do a lot it’s more than likely
worse than to have Sheriff Seth Bullock that he murdered him
worse than to have Sheriff Seth Bullock
at your back when you stroll into town. after Hickok offered
at your back when you stroll into town.
He’s a thoroughly respected lawman
He’s a thoroughly respected lawman to buy him breakfast
and also runs the hardware store, following a poker game
and also runs the hardware store,
so you might even get a discount if he
so you might even get a discount if he that McCall lost the day
likes you. before. If McCall can kill
someone over something
Extra tip: as trivial as a perceived
Bullock is as much
Bullock is as much slight, he’s probably FIG.04
a businessman as not someone
a businessman as
he is the sheriff
he is the sheriff you’d even
of Deadwood,
of Deadwood, want to meet,
and the same let alone
uncompromising ethic
uncompromising ethic know.
has seen him succeed
has seen him succeed
in both vocations. Stay
in both vocations. Stay F I G.03
FIG.03
out of trouble and apply
out of trouble and apply
yourself to legitimate trade or
yourself to legitimate trade or
volunteer to be his deputy, and you
volunteer to be his deputy, and you
should win over a man who will one
should win over a man who will one
day be considered a friend to President
day be considered a friend to President
Theodore Roosevelt.
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