I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.
BUFFALO BILLMajor 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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The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state.
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The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
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Springfield has always had a place in my heart.
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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My debut upon the world’s stage occurred on February 26th, 1845.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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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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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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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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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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I found Spotted Tail’s lodge. He invited me to enter.
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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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I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.
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