My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
BUFFALO BILLStations 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 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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The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days – an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.
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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 brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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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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Some days I would go without any fire at all, and eat raw frozen meat and melt snow in my mouth for water.
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The 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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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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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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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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