Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
BUFFALO BILLBut 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.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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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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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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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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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 restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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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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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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