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Did Gunmen really make Tenderfeet “Dance” by Shooting at their Feet?

by | May 22, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did gunmen really make tenderfeet “dance” by shooting at their feet? Jim Spell Sonora, California Making a tenderfoot “dance” by shooting at his feet was common. Theodore Roosevelt wrote about cowboys in Medora, Dakota Territory, making greenhorns dance. The cowboys were careful not to shoot too close, lest they accidentally caused injury, reported Roger L. Di Silvestro, in Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands. Clay Allison and Mason T. Bowman participated in a drunken fast draw conte


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