"That's because you sees me weeponless.

If I has a gun now, I'd make you yell like a coyote." "'"S'pose you ain't heeled," reemonstrates Yuba, "that don't give you no license to stand thar aboosin' me.

Be I to blame because your toilet ain't complete?
You go frame yourse'f up, an' I'll wait;" an' with that, this Yuba takes his hand from his artillery.
"'Thar's a footile party who keeps the dancehall an' who signs the books as Colonel Boone.

He's called the "King of the Cowboys"; most likely in a sperit of facetiousness since he's more like a deuce than a king.

This Boone's packin' a most excellent six-shooter loose in the waistband of his laiggin's.