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Here's the archive item for
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THE WEST IV
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Buffalo Bill Cody, Deadwood, South Dakota, 1876.
“Sitting by the table, I noticed that Wild Bill Hickock seemed sleepy and inattentive. So I kept a close watch on the other fellows. Presently I observed that one of his opponents was occasionally dropping a card in his hat, which he held in his lap, until a number of cards had been laid away for future use in the game. The pot had gone around several times and was steadily raised by some of the players, Bill staying right along, though he still seemed to be drowsy. The bets kept rising. At last the man with the hat full of cards picked a hand out of his reserves, put the hat on his head, and raised Bill two hundred dollars. Bill came back with a raise of two hundred, and as the other covered it he quietly shoved a pistol into his face and observed, “I’m calling the hand that’s in your hat.”
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