My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
BUFFALO BILLGeneral Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show.
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Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.
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After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
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I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
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Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
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Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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