My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
BUFFALO BILLI 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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Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
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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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My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
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You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one’s friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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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 first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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Nothing of course was ever done to Bill for the killing of Tutt.
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I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
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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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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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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.
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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