Where is the narrator from?

In this novel published in 1902, the narrator is unnamed but has a sort of nickname: "The Tenderfoot." The title character also is never referred to by name, known only as "the Virginian." The "tenderfoot" nickname, which means someone who is inexperienced, suggests the narrator is not a full-on "cowboy" like the Virginian. The beginning of the novel says the narrator has ended up in Wyoming after journeying from "back East" by train but is not ever specific about the narrator's exact origins. The "tenderfoot" nickname may also be a teasing reference to the narrator's Eastern birthplace, implying he cannot be a "true" cowboy if he hails from the East.
When he first arrives in Wyoming, the narrator is focused on the fact that his baggage has been lost. He fails to acknowledge the beauty of the landscape, suggesting this may be his first time traveling West:




I stared out through the door at the sky and the plains; but I did not see the antelope shining among the sage-brush, nor the great sunset light of Wyoming. Annoyance blinded my eyes to all things save my grievance; I saw only a lost trunk.




When watching the Virginian with some other cowboys, the narrator reflects on things he has seen in New York, suggesting that may be his place of origin:




City saloons rose into my vision, and I instantly preferred this Rocky Mountain place. More of death it undoubtedly saw, but less of vice, than did its New York equivalents. And death is a thing much cleaner than vice.
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