The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
BUFFALO BILLIt 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.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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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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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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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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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 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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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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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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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With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.
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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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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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