Oakhurst had returned the money and urged Simson to quit gambling, as he was a terrible player. Simson has met Oakhurst before and has great admiration for him, as Oakhurst won a great deal of money from Simson. While on their rest, the group is met by a pair of runaway lovers on their way to Poker Flat to get married, Tom Simson (known also as 'The Innocent') and 15-year-old Piney Woods. At noon, over Oakhurst's protests, the group stops for a rest. These four set out for the Sandy Bar mining camp, a day's journey away over a mountain range. On his way out of town, he is joined by two women, the Duchess and Mother Shipton, and Uncle Billy, the town drunk and a suspected robber. The first of them is a professional poker player, John Oakhurst, who has won large amounts from those on the secret committee. On November 23, 1850, four such individuals are exiled from Poker Flat and warned not to return on pain of death. Following the loss of several thousand dollars and two horses, and the death of a notable resident, the town has formed a secret committee to rid itself of any 'improper' people, hanging two and banishing others. The story takes place in a Californian community known as Poker Flat, near the town of La Porte. It was one of two short stories which brought the author national attention. An example of naturalism and local color of California during the first half of the nineteenth century, the story was first published in January 1869 in the magazine Overland Monthly. ' The Outcasts of Poker Flat' (1869) is a short story written by author of the American West Bret Harte. 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat' from The Overland Monthly, January 1869

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