I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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.
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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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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
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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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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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The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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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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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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