“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.”

My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

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.

The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.

Indians were frequently off their reservations.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.

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.

Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.

The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.

Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.

The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people three times the size of a man.

I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.

I could never resist the call of the trail.

I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.

I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.