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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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 Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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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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With the help of a friend I got father into a wagon, when the crowd had gone. I held his head in my lap during the ride home. I believed he was mortally wounded. He had been stabbed down through the kidneys, leaving an ugly wound.
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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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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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Indians were frequently off their reservations.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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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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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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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Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
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Washington newspaper men know everything.
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