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.
BUFFALO BILLMy debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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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 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 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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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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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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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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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My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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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 my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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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 cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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