And how much do you suppose whisky'd be worth to drink after that desert?
And a man's so sick of himself by the time he gets this far that he'd play chuck-a-luck, let alone faro or monte." That kind of talk hit them where they lived, and Yuma was founded right then and there.

They hadn't any whisky yet, but cards were plenty, and the ferry monopoly was too easy.

Walleye served notice on the Injins that a dollar a head went; and we all set to building a tule raft like the others.

Then the wild bunch got uneasy, so they walked upstream one morning and stole the Injins' boats.

The Injins came after them innocent as babies, thinking the raft had gone adrift.