It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
BUFFALO BILLMajor North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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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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Don’t ever say you are sorry for “being caught in the moment”. Because, at that moment, that is EXACTLY where you wanted to be.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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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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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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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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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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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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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
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Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider’s route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles – a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour.
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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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The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people three times the size of a man.
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