The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.
BUFFALO BILLThe McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
More Buffalo Bill Quotes
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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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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 Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
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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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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
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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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It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was.
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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 had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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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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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
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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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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
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