My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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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 wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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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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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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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 brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one’s friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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