Indians were frequently off their reservations.
BUFFALO BILLThe 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.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment.
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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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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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The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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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.
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The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
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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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But the love of adventure was in father’s blood.
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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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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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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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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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