Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
BUFFALO BILLThe first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.
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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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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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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 found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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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 Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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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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