The short opens in the town of Canasta Flats in 1889 and the camera pulls past the Last Chance Saloon and the Next To The Last Chance Saloon and pulls into the Fat Chance Saloon, where the patrons are hanging out. A mustached cowboy tells his friend that he hears Yosemite Sam is in town, to which his friend flees (making up an excuse about leaving a cake in the oven). After Injun Joe hears another cowboy tell his friend about Sam being the "fastest gun west of the Pecos," he states all that is true, because Sam never met him. When the sheriff sees Sam coming into town and a brown mustached customer sees him heading to the Fat Chance Saloon, Injun Joe asks the customer to hold his beer so he can have a showdown against Sam. After Injun Joe is shot, the customer has the beer, telling us he a