Note 7 — THE AFFAIR AT CUNNINGHAM’S RANCH[7] By Roald Fryxell

Reprinted from Saga, literary magazine of Augustana College, 1955 with permission of the author and the editor of Saga. This narrative is based on detailed historical notes obtained by the author’s father, Fritiof Fryxell, more than 30 years ago, in conversation with early settlers of Jackson Hole—including Pierce Cunningham himself—who were in a position to furnish reliable information concerning The Affair at Cunningham’s Ranch. In the recording of these notes, and their use in preparing the present account, every effort was made to reconstruct the episode as accurately and fully as possible, except that the names of the posse were purposely omitted.