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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.

Buffalo Bill

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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Belief Development Greatness Myself Wake Up
General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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Character Personal Student
I could never resist the call of the trail.
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Call Myself Resistance
The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.
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Freedom Man Myself Slave
The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
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Feeling Fight Proud War
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
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Correct Face Government Ideas Life Myself People Return See Thinking
But the love of adventure was in father’s blood.
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Adventure Blood Father Love
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one’s friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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Fire Friendship Live Opportunity Peace Way Yourself
Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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Excitement Myself Service
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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Feeling Man Myself Travel
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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Belief Development Greatness Myself Wake Up
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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Complete Live Man Power
The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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Feeling Nation Patriot Proud Respect
We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.
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Alcohol Investment Money Profit
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
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Battle Character Lonely Mindset Myself Old Strong Time
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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Actor Combination Myself Organization Road Security

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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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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