My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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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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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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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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General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.
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The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country.
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The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days – an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time.
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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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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
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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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Excitement was plentiful during my two years’ service as a Pony Express rider.
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I could never resist the call of the trail.
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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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