Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
BUFFALO BILLFrontiersmen 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.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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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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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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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 and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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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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Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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