The Bad Man of Cheyenne is a 1917 two-reel[1] American silent Western short featuring Harry Carey and Priscilla Dean.
[2] From the January 1917 issue of The Moving Picture World:[3] Sheriff Crane's wife and child are preparing for a little journey with their wagon and team.
On arriving at the store, the wife, on attempting to get out, stumbles and startles the horses, which causes them to run away, the child hanging on to the wagon.
There is a struggle and the gun explodes, killing the old man, but before dying, the latter gives his dog to Harry, begging him to care for it.
The dog enters, sneaks the bacon Vesta was cutting and takes it to Harry.